Ranchi, March 10 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jharkhand president and MP Aditya Sahu on Tuesday criticised Chief Minister Hemant Soren over his recent speech in Assam, alleging that the latter's statements on Adivasi rights did not reflect the ground situation in Jharkhand.

Reacting to Soren's address at a public gathering in Assam, Sahu said if the Chief Minister had implemented even "ten per cent" of the issues he raised there in Jharkhand, it would have benefited the tribal community in the state.

He alleged that there was a gap between Soren's statements and the situation on the ground and questioned what steps the state government had taken in the past six and a half years to protect tribal rights and natural resources such as lan...