Following the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) apparent recommendation that chief minister Hemant Soren be disqualified from serving in the parliament, members from Jharkhand ruling alliance were likely to be relocated to Raipur in Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.
People with knowledge of the situation stated that while the most were scheduled to depart for Raipur at around 4pm and stay at a resort on the outskirts of Raipur, a few prominent politicians were likely to stay behind. According to a Chhattisgarh government official, plans were being made to host the politicians at the resort.
After ECI issued a report purportedly recommending his disqualification to governor Ramesh Bais, who has yet to make his decision public, Soren had back-to-back sessions with the legislators.
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The 81-member assembly is made up of 49 members of the ruling coalition. The Congress has 18, the JMM has 30, and the RJD has one member. The main opposition BJP, which has 26 legislators, has been charged with attempting to topple the administration.
Over the weekend, there were rumors that the ruling coalition was moving its legislators to Chhattisgarh or West Bengal.
A “office of profit” complaint against Soren alleges that he has a mining lease over a piece of property close to Ranchi, which could result in his disqualification under the Representation of the People’s Act. In order to avoid being disqualified from receiving government contracts, Soren was accused by the BJP of breaking Section 9(A) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
Following the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) ostensible recommendation for the disqualification of chief minister Hemant Soren, there has been a great deal of political instability.
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The BJP has been charged by Soren’s office of flagrantly abusing its constitutional rights, and the party’s leaders and puppet journalists, according to the office, appear to have drafted the ECI report, which was otherwise sealed under a cover.
