Jharkhand Floor Test Live Updates: After Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and former chief minister Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Champai Soren took charge as the chief minister of Jharkhand. However, the ruling coalition in Jharkhand – including Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and Congress- is yet to prove their majority in the Jharkhand Assembly.
The two-day Assembly session will begin on Monday. The Champai Soren-led coalition government in Jharkhand will seek a trust vote. Champai Soren, a leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha party, took oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi on February 3.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has 29 seats, its ally Congress has 17 and the RJD and the CPI (ML) have 1 seat in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly. With the support of 43 MLAs, the INDIA bloc has the numbers to sail through the floor test. To avert poaching by BJP, the ruling coalition MLAs had been shifted to Congress-governed Telangana. The MLAs of the ruling alliance exuded confidence to win the trust vote in the assembly, soon after their return to Ranchi from Hyderabad on Sunday evening.
Given the upcoming special session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, the Ranchi district administration has imposed Section 144 of CrPC within a 100-meter radius of the assembly building.
As per an official order, restrictions will be imposed from Monday at 8.00 am until Tuesday at 10.00 pm.
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On Floor Test of CM Champai Soren-led government to prove their majority today, Basant Soren, JMM MLA and brother of former CM Hemant Soren; says, “I think everyone can see our unity. We stand strongly with Hemant Soren. People have understood the dirty game of BJP…”
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Jharkhand Floor Test Live: Section 144 imposed around Jharkhand Assembly
The Ranchi district administration has imposed Section 144 of CrPC within a 100-meter radius of the Jharkhand assembly building.
-As per an official order, restrictions will be imposed from Monday at 8:00 am until Tuesday at 10:00 pm.
-As per district administration officials, the directives prohibit any form of procession, rally, demonstration, or encroachment in the specified area, the circular stated.
-The order prohibits the gathering of five or more individuals, except for government officials, employees engaged in official duties, and participants in judicial and religious activities.
-The directive explicitly restricts the carrying or brandishing of any kind of weapons, including firearms, ammunition, or any other arms. It further prohibits the display or use of items such as sticks, rods, bows and arrows, and other traditional weapons.
Jharkhand Floor Test Live: ‘Resort politics’ to avoid poaching by BJP
After Hemant Soren’s arrest, about 38 legislators were sent to Hyderabad, the capital of Congress-ruled Telangana, in two flights on 2 February, amid the coalition’s fears that the BJP might attempt to “poach” them in the run-up to the trust vote.
Jharkhand Floor Test Live: How numbers look for JMM in Jharkhand Assembly
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has 29 seats, its ally Congress has 17 and the RJD and the CPI (ML) have 1 seat in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly. With the support of 43 MLAs, the INDIA bloc has the numbers to sail through the floor test.
Jharkhand Floor Test Live: Hemant Soren allowed to vote
A special court in Ranchi allowed former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren to participate in the trust vote in the state assembly on February 5. Hemant Soren was arrested by the ED and has been remanded in custody
Jharkhand Floor Test Live: JMM General Secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya claims support of 47 MLAs
Ahead of the Jharkhand assembly floor test today, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha General Secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya expressed confidence in winning the floor test by Champai Soren-led government, and claimed that his party will get a minimum of 47 MLAs’ support in the floor test.
“The floor test will be done. We have, not less than 47,” said JMM General Secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya said showing the victory signal.
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