Ranchi, April 24 -- Former CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana Soren Murmu today said that the BJP wants to suppress the voice of tribals and snatch their rights, but the people of the tribal community are brave enough to thwart such an attempt.

Addressing a public meeting in Chaibasa on the occasion of nomination filing of JMM candidate from Singhbhum Kalpana said that in the land of Singhbhum people are like lions. They don't bow before anyone. They neither bowed before the British nor before the dictatorial government.

"We have to uproot BJP which wants to snatch away the rights and privileges of the tribal people. You saw what happened in Manipur. They talk about tribals but when their massacre took place, the BJP leaders did not set foot ...