What's happening in Jharkhand? CM Champai Soren meets Mallikarjun Kharge amid buzz about 'unhappy' Congress MLAs
Here's all you need to know about the latest developments in Jharkhand. As many as 12 MLAs of the Congress reportedly threatened to boycott the upcoming state assembly session from February 23 and head to Jaipur if four ministers are not replaced with new faces. They were unhappy with the Congress' decision to give ministerial berths to Alamgir Alam, Rameshwar Oraon, Banna Gupta and Badal Patralekh again, PTI reported. The disgruntled section of Congress legislators went into a huddle Saturday at a Ranchi hotel.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM) new minister Basant Soren, the youngest son of party supremo Shibu Soren, then reached there to persuade them to change their decision, the report said. ALSO READ: Congress says BJP tried to topple Jharkhand govt: ‘INDIA bloc did not let them' Congress legislator Kumar Jaimangal, also known as Anup Singh, told PTI, "We have reached Delhi. Rest will be reaching tomorrow...
We will hold discussions with the Congress leadership here... We want replacement of all the four... the 12 MLAs are together barring the four ministers and MLA Pradeep Yadav." Meanwhile, Rajesh Kachhap, Congress MLA from Khijri, said, "When JMM can give new faces, why not Congress? Nobody is a king in a democracy.
Senior Congress leader and Mahagama MLA Dipika Pandey Singh also said, "We want the party to change the ministers and give opportunity to new faces. Instead of adding more women faces, they have retained one woman minister...How do you justify that." The JMM-led alliance in Jharkhand has 47 MLAs (JMM-29, Congress-17 and one RJD) in the 81-member assembly. CM Champai Soren met Congress Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi on Sunday.
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