The JMM-led ruling dispensation and the opposition BJP on Friday engaged in a war of words over reasons behind the state's backwardness after Jharkhand emerged as the second-poorest state in the country at Niti Aayog's Multidimensional Poverty Index( MPI). Hitting out at the Hemant Soren government, the BJP said the dispensation did not implement the central schemes properly as it was busy with transfers and postings.In response, the ruling JMM sought to know if the saffron camp, during its tenu