The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will meet Jharkhand Governor M.O.H. Farook on Monday to withdraw support from the Shibu Soren-led government. "We will meet the governor at 11.30 am to withdraw support from Soren's government.
The JMM's changing stand has pushed the state into political uncertainty and the party has decided to withdraw support," the Jharkhand BJP president and the Deputy Chief Minister Mr Raghubar Das told IANS. Jharkhand has been facing a political crisis since April 27 when Soren voted against the BJP's cut motions in the Lok Sabha last month. This led the BJP, a junior partner in the Jharkhand coalition, to announce withdrawal of support from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on April 28. On April 30, BJP put its withdrawal decision on hold. On May 8, JMM announced that it would support the BJP. Ten days later, on May 18, BJP agreed to a rotation of power with Soren. On May 20, however, Soren refused to quit and announced that talks were on with both the BJP and the Congress for the formation of an alternative government in Jharkhand.
Soren's defiant attitude prompted the BJP to withdraw support from his government.
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BJP pulls out of Soren govt. in Jharkhand
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s four-month honeymoon with Shibu Soren ended abruptly today with the party withdrawing support to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led government, a day after the Jharkhand Chief Minister sided with the UPA in the Lok Sabha.
A meeting of the BJP top brass, headed by party chief Nitin Gadkari, decided to withdraw support immediately giving indications that the new experiment in Ranchi has floundered.
“The BJP Parliamentary Board has decided to withdraw support immediately to the Shibu Soren government. He (Soren) has behaved in a very dubious manner and voted with the government during the cut motion. BJP has taken very serious note of this betrayal and dubious conduct,” senior BJP leader Ananth Kumar told reporters here.
New equations in Jharkhand appeared to be in the offing with AICC in—charge of the state K. Keshav Rao saying, “There is nobody untouchable in politics....(We were) never averse to it (forming a government with JMM). After all we contested the election there to form a government. In politics there is no last word.”
BJP leader and Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Raghubar Das will submit a letter to the state governor withdrawing support to the JMM-led government later in the day.
“The Deputy Chief Minister and all BJP ministers in the Jharkhand government will also submit their resignations to the governor,” Mr. Kumar said.
Mr. Kumar, who along with former party president Rajnath Singh was part of the negotiations with Soren just four months ago to form a government, refused to comment on whether BJP’s coalition experiment has failed in the state.
With elections to the state legislature throwing up a hung assembly, BJP had formed a coalition government with Soren.
In the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly, BJP and JMM have 18 seats each, Congress 14, RJD 5, JVM 11, ASJU 5, JD(U) 2, CPI(ML) 1 and others and independents six. One member is nominated
A meeting of the BJP top brass, headed by party chief Nitin Gadkari, decided to withdraw support immediately giving indications that the new experiment in Ranchi has floundered.
“The BJP Parliamentary Board has decided to withdraw support immediately to the Shibu Soren government. He (Soren) has behaved in a very dubious manner and voted with the government during the cut motion. BJP has taken very serious note of this betrayal and dubious conduct,” senior BJP leader Ananth Kumar told reporters here.
New equations in Jharkhand appeared to be in the offing with AICC in—charge of the state K. Keshav Rao saying, “There is nobody untouchable in politics....(We were) never averse to it (forming a government with JMM). After all we contested the election there to form a government. In politics there is no last word.”
BJP leader and Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Raghubar Das will submit a letter to the state governor withdrawing support to the JMM-led government later in the day.
“The Deputy Chief Minister and all BJP ministers in the Jharkhand government will also submit their resignations to the governor,” Mr. Kumar said.
Mr. Kumar, who along with former party president Rajnath Singh was part of the negotiations with Soren just four months ago to form a government, refused to comment on whether BJP’s coalition experiment has failed in the state.
With elections to the state legislature throwing up a hung assembly, BJP had formed a coalition government with Soren.
In the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly, BJP and JMM have 18 seats each, Congress 14, RJD 5, JVM 11, ASJU 5, JD(U) 2, CPI(ML) 1 and others and independents six. One member is nominated
