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Arjun Munda Govt wins trust vote in Jharkhand Assembly | The newly formed Arjun Munda Government in Jharkhand
on Tuesday won the trust vote in the 82-member assembly by 15 votes. It has been reported that forty-five members voted in favour of the Bharatitya Janata Party
(BJP)-led coalition government in the State, while 30 voted against it. Deputy
Chief Minister Hemant Soren moved the motion on behalf of the BJP-led coalition,
which assumed office on September 11. The one-day session was called by State
Governor M O H Farooq, who asked the chief minister to prove his majority on the
floor of the Assembly within a week of assuming office. Before the House took
up the motion for debate, a nominated MLA from the Anglo-Indian community took
oath as a member, taking the effective strength of the House to 81. Glen Joseph
Gaulstan, whose nomination was approved by the Munda cabinet on Monday
evening,
replaced his father Joseph Gaulstan who passed away a few months ago. With the
nominated MLA, who has a voting right, the strength of the Munda government has
increased to 46, including the Speaker. Munda became the eighth chief minister
of Jharkhand on September 11 with the backing of JMM, AJSU, the Janata
Dal-United
(JD-U) and two independent legislators. No chief minister has ever completed a
term since the State was carved out of Bihar on November 15, 2000. Earlier on
Thursday, the Union Cabinet had approved the revocation of President's Rule in
Jharkhand. The decision came after the BJP staked its claim to form a government
in Jharkhand with the support of the JMM and the AJSU. The JMM-BJP coalition
government
plunged into a political crisis after the BJP withdrew its support to the 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.
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