Tag: Jharkhand political crisis

Amid Jharkhand Crisis, Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s Majority Test Today
Latest

Amid Jharkhand Crisis, Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s Majority Test Today

[ad_1] Hemant Soren will take a trust vote in a special one-day Jharkhand assembly session.Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, whose job is in trouble over allegations of corruption, will take a test of his majority today amid allegations by the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led coalition that the BJP of trying to topple the government by engineering defections.Hemant Soren will take a trust vote in a special one-day Jharkhand assembly session. MLAs of the ruling coalition flew back in to state capital Ranchi yesterday on a special flight from Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh, where they were sequestered at state guest house to prevent any poaching attempts.Hemant Soren also called a meeting with the MLAs yesterday.The opposition BJP says Hemant Soren must be disqualified as ...
Jharkhand Ruling Coalition MLAs Fly Back To Ranchi For Assembly Session
Latest

Jharkhand Ruling Coalition MLAs Fly Back To Ranchi For Assembly Session

[ad_1] A total of 32 MLAs of the ruling UPA coalition were taken to Mayfair Golf Resort in Raipur. (File)Raipur: At least 30 MLAs of the ruling UPA coalition in Jharkhand camping in a resort near the Chhattisgarh capital since August 30 flew back to Ranchi in a chartered aircraft on Sunday afternoon to attend the special session of the Assembly scheduled for Monday, sources said.Fearing poaching of its MLAs by the opposition BJP to topple the government, Chief Minister Hemant Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance had shifted the legislators to a luxurious resort in Nava Raipur.The chartered aircraft with 30 legislators and some other leaders of the JMM and Congress on board took off from the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur after 3:45 pm, a Congress leader said.The MLAs an...
“Government Of Thieves”: BJP Slams Hemant Soren-Led Government Amid Crisis
Latest

“Government Of Thieves”: BJP Slams Hemant Soren-Led Government Amid Crisis

[ad_1] 31 MLAs and ministers of the ruling coalition in Jharkhand are in Raipur. (File)Ranchi: Senior BJP leader Nishikant Dubey hit out against the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government and called it "Alibaba aur Chalis Chor" amid the political crisis arising due to the speculations over the disqualification of Chief Minister Hemant Soren for allegedly awarding a mining lease to himself.The senior MP from Godda called the Jharkhand government a government of "thieves" and said that "Hemant Soren is Alibaba and his supporters are 40 thieves (Chalis Chor)."The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) MLAs of Jharkhand on Thursday urged Governor Ramesh Bais to "clear the air" on the speculation concerning the "opinion received from the Election Commission" by his office "to disqualify" Chief Mini...