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Advani upset over coalition with JMM in Jharkhand | Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani may skip the swearing-in-ceremony of Arjun Munda as
Jharkhand Chief Minister on September 11 with reports coming in that the BJP is a divided house over its alliance with Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
Arjun Munda will take oath along with Shibu Soren's son Hemant Soren and All Jharkhand
Students Union (AJSU) leader Sudesh Mahato, who will be sworn in as Deputy Chief
Ministers. Jharkhand Governor MOH Farooq has invited Munda to be sworn in at around
11 a.m. on September 11, and has asked him to prove his majority in the assembly
within seven days. As per the fresh arrangement, the State will have two Deputy
Chief Ministers and the BJP has also decided to keep the Speaker's post for itself.
Earlier on Thursday, the Union Cabinet approved revocation of President's Rule
in Jharkhand. The decision comes after the BJP staked a claim to form a government
in Jharkhand with the support of the JMM. Governor Farooq sent his report to the
Centre on Tuesday, recommending revocation of Central rule in the state, hours
after BJP legislative party leader Arjun Munda submitted a list of 45 legislators,
four more than the number required to form government in the 81-member assembly.
The JMM-BJP coalition government plunged into a political crisis after the BJP
withdrew support to government in the wake of Shibu Soren voting in favour of
the UPA during the cut motion in parliament on April 27. The BJP first announced
it would immediately withdraw support from the JMM-led Government, which would
have brought it down and effectively led to the imposition of President's Rule
or attempts by the Congress to form an alternative government. However, by April
29 when the party received a letter from Hemant Soren, offering to support the
BJP in leading the coalition, the withdrawal of support was "put on hold" and
a dialogue was opened. The JMM backtracked and demanded rotational power sharing
with each party leading the government for 28 months. This was agreed to by BJP
on the understanding that Soren will quit as Chief Minister by May 25 after which
Munda will head the new coalition government. The JMM and the BJP have 18 MLAs
each and the Soren Government has the support of two Janata Dal (United) legislators
and five from the AJSU, besides two others in the 82-member Assembly. The Congress
has 14 MLAs, Jharkhand Vikas Manch (JVM) has 11 MLAs and the Rashtriya Janata
Dal (RJD) has five MLAs. Earlier in May this year, the BJP withdrew from the Shibu
Soren-led coalition government after Soren's JMM voted with the Congress in Parliament,
against the BJP-sponsored cut-motion on rising fuel prices.
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