Last Updated: August 26, 2022, 11:32 AM IST
he BJP, the petitioner in the case, has sought Soren’s disqualification for violating section 9 A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. (File photo: PTI)
Hemant Soren and his JMM party have maintained that they have not received any communication from the Poll Panel or the Jharkhand Governor on his disqualification.
Day after reports of the Election Commission recommending the disqualification of Hemant Soren as an MLA, the Jharkhand has called a meeting of UPA MLAs at his residence in Ranchi today. Soren and his JMM party have maintained that they have not received any communication from the Poll Panel or the Jharkhand Governor on his disqualification.
Speaking to ANI, Senior JMM leader Supriyo Bhattacharya said, “We have more than 50 MLAs. A number of BJP leaders are also in touch with us. We are comfortably enjoying the majority and whenever the Governor asks we will prove our majority.”
The JMM Ally in the state – the Congress too backed the JMM government and assured that ‘All is well’. “Our government is in majority. We will follow whatever our Congress President Sonia Gandhi will say. All is well,” Jharkhand Minister and Congress leader Banna Gupta said.
According to PTI, the Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais may take a call Friday on the Election Commission’s view on Soren’s disqualification as an MLA. The EC is said have told the governor that Soren should be “disqualified” as a legislator for violating electoral norms, but the Raj Bhavan has not yet officially confirmed the reports.
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