Overview
- Soren offered floral tributes and garlanded Mahato’s statue at Jail More in Ranchi.
- He attended the commemoration with his wife and Gandey MLA Kalpana Soren alongside many party workers.
- The chief minister said Mahato made an invaluable contribution to the statehood movement and that young people draw inspiration from his ideals.
- Mahato led the Jharkhand statehood push as a former JMM president and co-founded the party with Shibu Soren and A. K. Roy, according to the coverage.
- He was shot dead on August 8, 1987, at the Chamaria guest house in Jamshedpur.