The Masterstroke
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00:00 Outlook brings to you excerpts from its latest issue titled "Love Virtually".
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00:35 "The Masterstroke" by Muhammad Asghar Khan from Outlook.
00:39 The events of January 31st were a long time in the making.
00:43 What happened that day is a black chapter in the democratic history of this country.
00:48 The plan for my arrest was laid well in advance.
00:52 Today, efforts are afoot to get the Adivasis to give up their Adivasi identity.
00:58 They do not like seeing tribals, Dalits, backward classes and minorities in the top positions of the country.
01:05 I have absolutely no regrets that I have been taken into custody by the ED.
01:10 Enjoying power has never been our goal.
01:13 But I want to make it clear that the JMM came into being to uphold the honour, respect and self-respect of Jharkhand.
01:22 Any attempt, political or legal, to trifle with that will get a befitting reply.
01:28 Many such clips from former CM Hemant Soren's speech during the trust vote in the Jharkhand Assembly on February 5th have gone viral.
01:37 The 24-minute speech targets the Bharatiya Janata Party in every sentence and occasionally, the central agencies and the state governor as well.
01:47 The buzz in the political circles is that if there is one state where the India bloc, locally consisting of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,
01:56 the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal looks indubitably strong, it is Jharkhand.
02:03 Soren is the alliance leader.
02:05 In the wake of the ED episode, he has emerged as a tribal leader of national stature.
02:11 This will not be the first time that political pundits have noted a growth in Soren's prominence.
02:17 His standing among the tribals increased at a pan-India level all through the first three years of his tenure,
02:24 with major moves like the introduction of the Sarna religious code, the 1932-based domicile bill and the bill to increase OBC reservation.
02:35 The strategy deployed by Soren to counter the recent high-voltage political drama and crisis in Jharkhand has played an equal role in defining him as a tribal hero.
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