Rahul Gandhi, a leader of the Indian National Congress, met with Kalpana Soren, the wife of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren. This meeting took place in Ranchi, following the arrest of Hemant Soren by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case.
Jairam Ramesh, the Congress general secretary in charge of communications, mentioned that Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with Kalpana Soren occurred just before a public rally at the historic Shaheed Maidan in the HEC Complex in Ranchi. The meeting took place a few minutes after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) alliance claimed victory over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies in the state assembly.
Hemant Soren, challenging the corruption charges against him, stated earlier on that if the accusations are proven, he would quit politics. He had been remanded to five days of Enforcement Directorate custody by a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Ranchi in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land fraud.