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Jharkhand to be ninth State under BJP rule: Gadkari | Bharatiya Janata Party's new president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that his party would be part of the government in Jharkhand state. Addressing party workers and supporters,
Gadkari said Jharkhand would be the ninth State under BJP's rule. "When there
were two members of parliament, people started saying that this party was on the
verge of collapse. Today, we have a government in eight states. And when I was
coming out of the airport, I got a call from Rajnath Singh, saying that we will
now be ruling in a ninth state as well. That is in Jharkhand," Gadkari said. Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Shibu Soren has staked a claim to form the
government
with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the All Jharkhand Students
Union. Reports say a list of 42 legislators submitted to the governor to form
the government includes 18 each of the JMM and BJP, five of the AJSU besides the
lone MLA of Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch, led by Bandhu Tirkey. Jharkhand, a
state
with a history of unstable coalition governments, has been under Governor's rule
since January in the wake of a political deadlock, after the then-chief Shibu
Soren lost a by-election and was disqualified. The State assembly was first placed
under suspended animation and later dissolved when elections were announced. The
results for the Jharkhand state assembly elections on Wednesday (December 23)
produced a hung assembly, with no single party being in a position to form the
government on its own. The Congress alliance claimed the highest number of seats
with 25 out of the total 81. The BJP and its allies won 20 seats, while the JMM
got 18. The regional Rashtriya Janata Dal and the All Jharkhand Students Union
(AJSU) won five seats each. |
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