Tag: Jharkhand political crisis

  • Jharkhand political unrest: Champai Soren to take oath as CM today, floor test in 10 days – The Economic Times Video

    In a significant turn of events, amidst the political unrest in Jharkhand, Champai Soren, a leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha party, is set to take oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand today. On Thursday, Jharkahnd Governor CP Radhakrishnan invited Champai Soren to Raj Bhavan to form the government in the state. Champai Soren, a loyalist of JMM leader Hemant Soren has been mandated to demonstrate his majority in a floor test, which will be held within the next 10 days.

  • Jharkhand political crisis: 12 hours after Hemant Soren’s resign, no CM in the state; JMM to move MLAs to resort – The Economic Times Video

    The Hemant Soren has resigned and JMM has elected Champai Soren as the Legislative Party leader. The coalition says that the governor has not given time to meet yet. The JMM has 29 seats, Congress 17, RJD 1 MLA in the government currently. The BJP has 26 MLAs and AJSU has 3. The congress party has accused the governor of deliberately delaying the process of government formation.

  • As Enforcement Directorate Quizzes Jharkhand CM, Hemant Soren Files Case Against Agency Officials Under SC/ST Act

    CM Soren said that ED officials reached his Delhi residence without any information and propagated false news. 

  • Golf resort near Raipur turns into fortress as Jharkhand ruling coalition MLAs check in

    By PTI

    RAIPUR: Away from the bustling crowds of Raipur city, the Mayfair Golf Resort where MLAs of the ruling UPA coalition in Jharkhand are sequestered has turned into a fortress with police personnel deployed everywhere.

    The JMM-Congress-RJD coalition in Jharkhand on Tuesday flew its 32 MLAs to Raipur to prevent the BJP’s alleged attempts to poach its legislators.

    The MLAs, 15 from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and 17 from Congress, accompanied by senior Chhattisgarh Congress leaders Ramgopal Agrawal and Girish Dewangan, travelled in three buses to the luxurious resort located in Nava Raipur.

    While mediapersons are camping in the area in scorching heat in their quest for news and visuals, their entry is strictly barred inside.

    ALSO READ | Rift wide open in Jharkhand, Soren sends Rahul SOS

    All 40-odd rooms at the resort have been booked for the guests from Jharkhand for the next two days, Congress sources said.

    A video of an SUV with ‘Chhattisgarh government on duty’ written on it and carrying liquor bottles allegedly towards the resort went viral during the day, with opposition BJP slamming the Congress government in the state over it.

    ““Chhattisgarh is not a den of indulgence where you are serving liquor and chicken to Jharkhand MLAs from the money of the people of Chhattisgarh. After Assam and Haryana, MLAs of Jharkhand are stationed here. Chhattisgarh Mahtari (Mother Chhattisgarh) will never forgive you for this immoral act,”” BJP vice president and former chief minister Raman Singh tweeted in Hindi.

    Singh also posted the video.

    भूपेश जी कान खोलकर सुन लीजिए!छत्तीसगढ़ अय्याशी का अड्डा नहीं है, जो छत्तीसगढ़ियों के पैसे से झारखंड के विधायकों को दारू-मुर्गा खिला रहे हैं।असम, हरियाणा के बाद अब झारखंड के विधायको का डेरा, इन अनैतिक कार्यों के लिएछत्तीसगढ़ महतारी आपको कभी माफ नहीं करेगी। pic.twitter.com/rBxQl51esd
    — Dr Raman Singh (@drramansingh) August 30, 2022
    Head of the state Congress communication wing Sushil Anand Shukla questioned the authenticity of the video and said his party or the government had nothing to do with it.

    Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren did not accompany the UPA MLAs to Raipur, but some senior JMM leaders are with them, said local Congress sources.

    The tariff at the Mayfair Golf Resort was not available online, but the Mayfair Lake resort adjacent to it offers a room with discount starting at Rs 4,200 per day, an employee of a nearby hotel said.

    The sprawling golf resort is spread over 100 acres of land, he added.

    Earlier in June this year, amid fears of cross-voting in June 10 Rajya Sabha Polls, the main opposition Congress in Haryana had shifted its MLAs to the same resort.

    Before that, candidates of Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), an ally in the Congress-led grand alliance during the last year’s Assam Assembly polls, had been brought to Raipur in April 2021 ahead of counting of votes and stationed on the same premises.

    The ruling UPA coalition has 49 MLAs in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly.

    Soren’s JMM believes that the BJP may make a serious attempt to poach MLAs from it and from the Congress in a bid to topple the government.

    Following a petition by the BJP seeking Soren’s disqualification from the Assembly in an office of profit case, the Election Commission sent its decision to state Governor Ramesh Bais on August 25.

    Though the EC’s decision is not yet made public, there was a buzz that the poll panel had recommended the chief minister’s disqualification as an MLA.

    RAIPUR: Away from the bustling crowds of Raipur city, the Mayfair Golf Resort where MLAs of the ruling UPA coalition in Jharkhand are sequestered has turned into a fortress with police personnel deployed everywhere.

    The JMM-Congress-RJD coalition in Jharkhand on Tuesday flew its 32 MLAs to Raipur to prevent the BJP’s alleged attempts to poach its legislators.

    The MLAs, 15 from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and 17 from Congress, accompanied by senior Chhattisgarh Congress leaders Ramgopal Agrawal and Girish Dewangan, travelled in three buses to the luxurious resort located in Nava Raipur.

    While mediapersons are camping in the area in scorching heat in their quest for news and visuals, their entry is strictly barred inside.

    ALSO READ | Rift wide open in Jharkhand, Soren sends Rahul SOS

    All 40-odd rooms at the resort have been booked for the guests from Jharkhand for the next two days, Congress sources said.

    A video of an SUV with ‘Chhattisgarh government on duty’ written on it and carrying liquor bottles allegedly towards the resort went viral during the day, with opposition BJP slamming the Congress government in the state over it.

    ““Chhattisgarh is not a den of indulgence where you are serving liquor and chicken to Jharkhand MLAs from the money of the people of Chhattisgarh. After Assam and Haryana, MLAs of Jharkhand are stationed here. Chhattisgarh Mahtari (Mother Chhattisgarh) will never forgive you for this immoral act,”” BJP vice president and former chief minister Raman Singh tweeted in Hindi.

    Singh also posted the video.

    भूपेश जी कान खोलकर सुन लीजिए!
    छत्तीसगढ़ अय्याशी का अड्डा नहीं है, जो छत्तीसगढ़ियों के पैसे से झारखंड के विधायकों को दारू-मुर्गा खिला रहे हैं।
    असम, हरियाणा के बाद अब झारखंड के विधायको का डेरा, इन अनैतिक कार्यों के लिए
    छत्तीसगढ़ महतारी आपको कभी माफ नहीं करेगी। pic.twitter.com/rBxQl51esd
    — Dr Raman Singh (@drramansingh) August 30, 2022
    Head of the state Congress communication wing Sushil Anand Shukla questioned the authenticity of the video and said his party or the government had nothing to do with it.

    Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren did not accompany the UPA MLAs to Raipur, but some senior JMM leaders are with them, said local Congress sources.

    The tariff at the Mayfair Golf Resort was not available online, but the Mayfair Lake resort adjacent to it offers a room with discount starting at Rs 4,200 per day, an employee of a nearby hotel said.

    The sprawling golf resort is spread over 100 acres of land, he added.

    Earlier in June this year, amid fears of cross-voting in June 10 Rajya Sabha Polls, the main opposition Congress in Haryana had shifted its MLAs to the same resort.

    Before that, candidates of Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), an ally in the Congress-led grand alliance during the last year’s Assam Assembly polls, had been brought to Raipur in April 2021 ahead of counting of votes and stationed on the same premises.

    The ruling UPA coalition has 49 MLAs in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly.

    Soren’s JMM believes that the BJP may make a serious attempt to poach MLAs from it and from the Congress in a bid to topple the government.

    Following a petition by the BJP seeking Soren’s disqualification from the Assembly in an office of profit case, the Election Commission sent its decision to state Governor Ramesh Bais on August 25.

    Though the EC’s decision is not yet made public, there was a buzz that the poll panel had recommended the chief minister’s disqualification as an MLA.

  • Jharkhand political crisis: UPA MLAs likely to be shifted to Chhattisgarh

    Express News Service

    RANCHI: In the wake of possible attempts of horse trading by BJP JMM MLAs are likely to be shifted to Chhattisgarh. Amid speculation of his disqualification as MLA over a mining lease contract, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday met ruling alliance legislators twice at his official residence, apparently to chalk out a future strategy and send out a message of their unity.

    A meeting of UPA MLAs have also been called at the official residence of CM Hemant Soren on Saturday, where they were seen entering the premises along with their luggage in their vehicles. It is being speculated that they will be shifted to Chhattisgarh today itself via road.

    JMM insiders, however, said that unlike BJP, they were compelled to resort to ‘Resort Politics’ not to topple any government but to protect their own government from the possible horse trading.Notably, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had also claimed on Friday that the UPA MLAs are being taken to Baramuda in Chhattisgarh, which was rejected by the senior Congress MLAs saying there is no threat to Hemant Soren Government and they are intact.

    Uncertainty over Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand arose after the Election Commission reportedly sent a report recommending his disqualification over allegations that he allocated a mining lease to himself while holding the portfolio of Mines in 2021.

    Notably, a BJP delegation led by former Chief Minister Raghubar Das on February 10, met Governor Ramesh Bais and handed over a memorandum seeking disqualification and removal CM Soren alleging him of violating the constitutional provision under section 9A of The Representation of the People Act, 1951.

    Taking cognizance into the matter, the Governor forwarded those documents to ECI andseeking its opinion.

    RANCHI: In the wake of possible attempts of horse trading by BJP JMM MLAs are likely to be shifted to Chhattisgarh. Amid speculation of his disqualification as MLA over a mining lease contract, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday met ruling alliance legislators twice at his official residence, apparently to chalk out a future strategy and send out a message of their unity.

    A meeting of UPA MLAs have also been called at the official residence of CM Hemant Soren on Saturday, where they were seen entering the premises along with their luggage in their vehicles. It is being speculated that they will be shifted to Chhattisgarh today itself via road.

    JMM insiders, however, said that unlike BJP, they were compelled to resort to ‘Resort Politics’ not to topple any government but to protect their own government from the possible horse trading.
    Notably, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had also claimed on Friday that the UPA MLAs are being taken to Baramuda in Chhattisgarh, which was rejected by the senior Congress MLAs saying there is no threat to Hemant Soren Government and they are intact.

    Uncertainty over Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand arose after the Election Commission reportedly sent a report recommending his disqualification over allegations that he allocated a mining lease to himself while holding the portfolio of Mines in 2021.

    Notably, a BJP delegation led by former Chief Minister Raghubar Das on February 10, met Governor Ramesh Bais and handed over a memorandum seeking disqualification and removal CM Soren alleging him of violating the constitutional provision under section 9A of The Representation of the People Act, 1951.

    Taking cognizance into the matter, the Governor forwarded those documents to ECI and
    seeking its opinion.