New Delhi:
Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren's sudden support to the UPA government on the cut motions in the Lok Sabha has set off speculation that there might be emergence of new power equations in the state. (Read: Opposition splits, Govt defeats all Cut motions) | (What is a cut motion?)
Is Jharkhand CM and its coalition partner BJP on a collision course?
A shocked BJP said after the vote that it has taken note of Soren's act of "ditching" the coalition partner in Parliament. Soren, still a member of the Lok Sabha, made a rare appearance to spring a surprise on the BJP.
"We have taken note of it," a senior BJP leader said outside Parliament, indicating that Soren could face trouble.
BJP sources said Soren may have struck a deal with the Congress under which he may move to the Centre and his son Hemant may become Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
Former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi, who had quit BJP a few years ago and is now an MP, may join a new coalition that will stake its claim to form the government.
The new alliance will have Soren's JMM, Congress and Marandi's Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) which has 11 MLAs. Congress has 14 MLAs while JMM has 18 members in the 81-member assembly.
Till Monday, BJP had been claiming that Soren and another JMM MP Kameshwar Baitha would vote with the NDA.
Baitha, who is in jail, did not turn up.
Is Jharkhand CM and its coalition partner BJP on a collision course?
A shocked BJP said after the vote that it has taken note of Soren's act of "ditching" the coalition partner in Parliament. Soren, still a member of the Lok Sabha, made a rare appearance to spring a surprise on the BJP.
"We have taken note of it," a senior BJP leader said outside Parliament, indicating that Soren could face trouble.
BJP sources said Soren may have struck a deal with the Congress under which he may move to the Centre and his son Hemant may become Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
Former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi, who had quit BJP a few years ago and is now an MP, may join a new coalition that will stake its claim to form the government.
The new alliance will have Soren's JMM, Congress and Marandi's Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) which has 11 MLAs. Congress has 14 MLAs while JMM has 18 members in the 81-member assembly.
Till Monday, BJP had been claiming that Soren and another JMM MP Kameshwar Baitha would vote with the NDA.
Baitha, who is in jail, did not turn up.
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