‘To purchase undergarments’: Jharkhand CM Soren brother's bizarre claim over Delhi visit

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren is faced with uncertainty over his continuance as chief minister following a petition by the BJP seeking his disqualification as an MLA in an office-of-profit case.Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren's brother, Basant Soren, made a bizarre claim on Wednesday regarding his recent visit to New Delhi amid political unrest in the state, saying he was in the national capital to purchase undergarments. Speaking to reporters at the residence of JMM supremo Shibu Soren in Khijuria, the Dumka MLA acknowledged the political turmoil in the state but insisted that things are "now stable".When asked about his Delhi trip amid the turmoil, Soren said, “Yes, I had gone (to Delhi). Actually I had run out of undergarments, so I went to Delhi to purchase them. I get them from there."