The Income Tax department is raiding Sunil Srivastava’s residence, a close aide of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, with raids spanning nine locations in Ranchi and Jamshedpur. This comes just days before the assembly elections in Jharkhand, where Soren’s JMM-led alliance, with Congress, RJD, and left parties, faces significant competition from the BJP-led NDA. The raids have raised political concerns.