Jharkhand polls: Soren brothers fight for ‘Abua Sarkar’ to carry Guruji’s legacy

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DUMKA: As one takes the sloping village road, leaving behind the asphalt Dumka-Sahibganj road, the smell of Handia (a traditional beer made from fermented rice) filled the air at Harwadih village in Barhait.

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren arrives in a chopper to address a public meeting for the Jharkhand Assembly elections, in Berhait on Sunday. (ANI)

Septuagenarian Betiya Besra was seated under the shade of a tree to sell the drink to locals, which she had stored in two buckets covered with a red cloth. Two customers, seated in front of her, were already sipping the drink from mugs.

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