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Presidential Polls: JMM meeting to support Draupadi Murmu inconclusive, CM Soren to meet Amit Shah

June 26, 2022
Bharat Times

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There is a confusion in the state’s ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on the issue of supporting former Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) candidate in the presidential election.

With regard to the presidential elections to be held on July 18, it on Saturday decided that Chief Minister Hemant Soren himself would meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah before taking any decision on the issue.

On Saturday, the JMM held a meeting of party MPs and MLAs at the Chief Minister’s residence under the chairmanship of party supremo Shibu Soren. But in this marathon meeting that lasted for two hours, the party could not decide whether it would support Draupadi Murmu or Yashwant Sinha of the United Progressive Alliance in the presidential election.

JMM MLA Nalin Soren said that in this meeting held at Shibu Soren’s residence in Morhabadi, the party decided that some issues would be discussed with the central government first and only then the party would take the final call on supporting Draupadi Murmu’s candidature. Will decide He said Chief Minister and JMM working president Hemant Soren will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah before deciding the party’s stand in the presidential election.

However, party’s chief spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya said after the meeting that the party has not yet taken any final decision on the issue of support for the post of President and another meeting of party MLAs and MPs will be held before taking a final decision in this regard.

After the meeting, JMM leader and state minister Mithilesh Thakur also said that important points of state interest and country’s interest were discussed in the meeting. “Till now we have not decided in whose favor to vote. There will be another party meeting only after that a final decision will be taken.” Draupadi Murmu is originally from Mayurbhanj district of Odisha and belongs to the Santhal community. She has been the Governor of Jharkhand and during this time she had a very close relationship with the JMM.

Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha also has a deep connection with Jharkhand. Yashwant Sinha was MP from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand many times and currently his son Jayant Sinha is BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Hazaribagh.

Meanwhile, JMM issued a statement and said that the meeting of all the MPs and MLAs of the party was held under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Central President of the party Shibu Soren. In the meeting, the Presidential election was discussed and thereafter the Hon’ble Central President Shibu Soren ji was authorized to take a unanimous decision, the statement said.

Let us inform that Murmu has been elected twice (2000 and 2009) on a BJP ticket from Rairangpur seat in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. In 2015, she was sworn in as the first woman governor of Jharkhand. He filed his nomination papers for the Presidential election on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union Ministers, MPs and Chief Ministers. At the same time, the opposition has made former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha as its joint candidate for the presidential election to be held on 18 July.

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There is a confusion in the state’s ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on the issue of supporting former Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) candidate in the presidential election.

With regard to the presidential elections to be held on July 18, it on Saturday decided that Chief Minister Hemant Soren himself would meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah before taking any decision on the issue.

On Saturday, the JMM held a meeting of party MPs and MLAs at the Chief Minister’s residence under the chairmanship of party supremo Shibu Soren. But in this marathon meeting that lasted for two hours, the party could not decide whether it would support Draupadi Murmu or Yashwant Sinha of the United Progressive Alliance in the presidential election.

JMM MLA Nalin Soren said that in this meeting held at Shibu Soren’s residence in Morhabadi, the party decided that some issues would be discussed with the central government first and only then the party would take the final call on supporting Draupadi Murmu’s candidature. Will decide He said Chief Minister and JMM working president Hemant Soren will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah before deciding the party’s stand in the presidential election.

However, party’s chief spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya said after the meeting that the party has not yet taken any final decision on the issue of support for the post of President and another meeting of party MLAs and MPs will be held before taking a final decision in this regard.

After the meeting, JMM leader and state minister Mithilesh Thakur also said that important points of state interest and country’s interest were discussed in the meeting. “Till now we have not decided in whose favor to vote. There will be another party meeting only after that a final decision will be taken.” Draupadi Murmu is originally from Mayurbhanj district of Odisha and belongs to the Santhal community. She has been the Governor of Jharkhand and during this time she had a very close relationship with the JMM.

Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha also has a deep connection with Jharkhand. Yashwant Sinha was MP from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand many times and currently his son Jayant Sinha is BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Hazaribagh.

Meanwhile, JMM issued a statement and said that the meeting of all the MPs and MLAs of the party was held under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Central President of the party Shibu Soren. In the meeting, the Presidential election was discussed and thereafter the Hon’ble Central President Shibu Soren ji was authorized to take a unanimous decision, the statement said.

Let us inform that Murmu has been elected twice (2000 and 2009) on a BJP ticket from Rairangpur seat in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. In 2015, she was sworn in as the first woman governor of Jharkhand. He filed his nomination papers for the Presidential election on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union Ministers, MPs and Chief Ministers. At the same time, the opposition has made former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha as its joint candidate for the presidential election to be held on 18 July.