Top themes from PM Narendra Modi’s campaign speech: “Jharkhand’s identity is under threat. Statistics tell us that in the Santhal region, the Adivasi population has fallen by 50%. If the Adivasi population keeps declining, do you know what will happen? Your water, your forests, your land will be grabbed by others. We have to save our Adivasis and Jharkhand!”
“Today, there is a conspiracy to change the identity of Jharkhand. The JMM and Congress are settling foreign infiltrators here. These infiltrators were given papers overnight, our Adivasi daughters were tricked into marriage, and their land was usurped. These infiltrators have stolen your jobs; they have stolen your bread. The government is callous about it—they claim there is no infiltration here.”