Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren wins trust vote

Amid pandamonium, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren  on Monday won the trust vote in his favour in the Assembly. A total of 48 votes were in his favour.The motion of the ruling coalition was passed with 48 votes in the 81-member House. The motion was passed amidst a boycott by the BJP, its ally AJSU Party and two independents. Stating that obstacles are being presented before the state government, Soren said the onus of poaching Congress MLAs, who were caught in Bengal with a huge amount of cash, lies with Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The political crisis in Jharkhand emerged after a petition by the BJP sought Soren's disqualification from the Assembly in an office of profit case. The BJP has accused Soren of allocating a mining lease to himself while he held the state Mining portfolio in 2021.The Election Commission has sent a letter to the Governor on the issue of the Assembly membership of Soren as former Chief Minister Raghubar Das and the BJP sought his disqualification.Accusing Soren of extending a mining lease to himself, they termed it as a violation of office of profit and Representation of the People’s Act and wrote to the Governor on the issue. The Governor, who is currently in Delhi, will reach Ranchi later in the day.