Ranchi:
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has said it was ready to support 'like-minded' parties if they initiate steps for government formation government in Jharkhand, three months after President's rule was imposed on the state following the resignation of party chief Shibu Soren as chief minister.
"The state is reeling under severe drought and needs a government represented by the people. JMM MLAs met tonight and felt that the party should be open in reaching out to like-minded parties interested in taking the lead in formation of a new government," JMM-LP leader Hemant Soren said.
Hemant, who along with his father Shibu Soren returned from New Delhi earlier in the day, said the people of Jharkhand should not be "imposed another elections lest the voters will lose faith on the elected members".
"Elections were held only in October/November last year and it is not good for the state and its people to face polls every six months. What is the guarantee that the next elections would throw up a majority? What if a fractured mandate was given again?" Hemant said.
Asked on the choice of a party which JMM would prefer to go with, Hemant said, "No single party, we are open to any party and will support if it were interested in forming the government," Hemant said.
Shibu Soren had stepped down on May 30 after failing to muster majority following withdrawal of support by its then ally BJP on April 24 after a month-long drama of now-on and no-off ties between the two parties.
Both JMM and BJP have 18 MLAs each in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly which is under suspended animation now.
When contacted, BJP's spokesman Sanjay Seth said, "That is true that elections should not be held every six months and there is no harm if anybody gives a strong and development oriented government. Instable governments will only give rise to Naxalism."
JPCC president, Pradeep Kumar Balmachu, said that in a democratic set-up President's rule was only an alternative arrangement made when there was no stable government in the state.
"And the arithmetic of all political parties in Jharkhand is such that no one can give a stable government," he said. Congress has 14 MLAs while its pre-poll all JVM-P has 11 legislators.
"The state is reeling under severe drought and needs a government represented by the people. JMM MLAs met tonight and felt that the party should be open in reaching out to like-minded parties interested in taking the lead in formation of a new government," JMM-LP leader Hemant Soren said.
Hemant, who along with his father Shibu Soren returned from New Delhi earlier in the day, said the people of Jharkhand should not be "imposed another elections lest the voters will lose faith on the elected members".
"Elections were held only in October/November last year and it is not good for the state and its people to face polls every six months. What is the guarantee that the next elections would throw up a majority? What if a fractured mandate was given again?" Hemant said.
Asked on the choice of a party which JMM would prefer to go with, Hemant said, "No single party, we are open to any party and will support if it were interested in forming the government," Hemant said.
Shibu Soren had stepped down on May 30 after failing to muster majority following withdrawal of support by its then ally BJP on April 24 after a month-long drama of now-on and no-off ties between the two parties.
Both JMM and BJP have 18 MLAs each in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly which is under suspended animation now.
When contacted, BJP's spokesman Sanjay Seth said, "That is true that elections should not be held every six months and there is no harm if anybody gives a strong and development oriented government. Instable governments will only give rise to Naxalism."
JPCC president, Pradeep Kumar Balmachu, said that in a democratic set-up President's rule was only an alternative arrangement made when there was no stable government in the state.
"And the arithmetic of all political parties in Jharkhand is such that no one can give a stable government," he said. Congress has 14 MLAs while its pre-poll all JVM-P has 11 legislators.
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