Amid the ongoing political turmoil in the state, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday hit out at the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). He slammed the party by accusing them of political horse-trading.
“They only buy and sell MLAs but we work for the public and don’t do horse-trading. People will give answers to those who are doing business in politics,” Soren said.
The CM also said he is not worried about this chief ministership, but about the people in Jharkhand. “I’m never worried about the chair. I only worry about the Dalits, Adivasis and people of the state.”
On Saturday, the CM tweeted that he hailed from the tribal community and was unaffected by the ongoing slugfest.
After the Congress Legislative Party meeting, Congress leader and Health Minister Banna Gupta on Saturday said a conspiracy was hatched to destabilize the government in the state. “A conspiracy was hatched to destabilize our state govt. Across the country, elected governments are being destabilised. Now, it has become a norm. Congress is firmly standing against it and there’s no crisis in govt.”
In the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly, the ruling alliance has 30 MLAs of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), 18 MLAs of the Congress and one MLA of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
Earlier on Saturday, Chief Minister Hemant Soren had called a meeting of the state’s ruling UPA coalition members, amidst speculation about his possible disqualification as an MLA in the state assembly for allegedly violating poll norms by extending himself a mining lease. This was the third meeting in two days. Several MLAs were seen arriving for the meeting with luggage in tow. MLAs of the ruling coalition assured Soren of their support. Gupta also said that the JMM-Congress coalition is “standing strong”.
The BJP has asked for the disqualification of Soren as an MLA accusing him of allocating a mining lease to himself while he held the portfolio of Mines Minister in 2021.
