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With the support of regional parties like the BJD, the YSR-CP, the BSP, the AIADMK, the TDP, the JD(S), the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Shiv Sena and now the JMM, NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu's vote share is likely to reach 60 per cent.

The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Tuesday extended support to pre-poll alliance of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

Former minister turned rebel Saryu Roy is giving jitters to the BJP in Jharkhand as the opposition is trying to make him a rallying point in its campaign strategy.

More than 550 people, including a lawmaker, were arrested across Jharkhand during the 24-hour bandh called by JMM in the state even as two vehicles were set on fire and some others damaged.

Efforts to form the next government in Jharkhand picked up pace on Saturday with leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress separately meeting Governor Syed Ahmad. The JMM leaders requested the Governor to give the party a chance to form the next government.

Jharkhand plunged into political crisis today after Chief Minister Arjun Munda submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ahmad. Mr Munda took the step hours after his coalition partner, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), decided to withdraw its support from the 28-month-long BJP-led coalition government.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ahmad hours after an emergency Cabinet meeting recommended dissolution of the Assembly. The vertiginous situation arrived in the state after Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or the JMM withdrew support from the BJP-led government.

The BJP-led government in Jharkhand convened an emergency Cabinet meeting today morning in which it recommended the dissolution of the state Assembly. This comes a day after Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or JMM threatened to withdraw support from the government.

The government in Jharkhand, led by the BJP, is vertiginously poised with Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or the JMM, withdrawing its support. The BJP and Mr Soren's JMM have 18 members each in the 81-member state assembly. Without the support of the JMM, the government, led by the BJP's Arjun Munda, is in a minority.

A month after the Election Commission countermanded the polls, elections for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Jharkhand began today even as last minute parleys were on, with ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) wooing its junior ally All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) party to vote for its candidate Sanjeev Kumar.

Chronology of events leading to Bhartiya Janta Party's withdrawal of support to Shibu Soren government for a second time in less than a month

Jharkhand Governor has given Chief Minister Shibu Soren seven days to prove his majority in the Assembly, after BJP today withdrew support to the Government in Jharkhand, reducing it to a minority.Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Raghuvar Das handed over the letter withdrawing support to the Soren government to Governor M O H Farooq."I have han...

Fed up with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM's) Shibu Soren going back on the power sharing deal, the BJP has given him an ultimatum to step down by this morning or it will withdraw support. In fact, the BJP has already fixed an appointment with the Governor."The BJP will withdraw support to JMM Government on Monday," state BJP spokesman Sanjay Seth s...

Frustrated over JMM backtracking on its power-sharing deal in Jharkhand, the BJP has decided to withdraw support to the Shibu Soren Government that will plunge the state into another spell of political crisis."The BJP will withdraw support to JMM Government on Monday," state BJP spokesman Sanjay Seth said, a day after a defiant Soren asserted that ...

There is the possibility of President's Rule being imposed in Jharkhand, with the Congress ruling out supporting the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Shibu Soren, sources have said.

With the support of regional parties like the BJD, the YSR-CP, the BSP, the AIADMK, the TDP, the JD(S), the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Shiv Sena and now the JMM, NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu's vote share is likely to reach 60 per cent.

The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Tuesday extended support to pre-poll alliance of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

Former minister turned rebel Saryu Roy is giving jitters to the BJP in Jharkhand as the opposition is trying to make him a rallying point in its campaign strategy.

More than 550 people, including a lawmaker, were arrested across Jharkhand during the 24-hour bandh called by JMM in the state even as two vehicles were set on fire and some others damaged.

Efforts to form the next government in Jharkhand picked up pace on Saturday with leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress separately meeting Governor Syed Ahmad. The JMM leaders requested the Governor to give the party a chance to form the next government.

Jharkhand plunged into political crisis today after Chief Minister Arjun Munda submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ahmad. Mr Munda took the step hours after his coalition partner, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), decided to withdraw its support from the 28-month-long BJP-led coalition government.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Ahmad hours after an emergency Cabinet meeting recommended dissolution of the Assembly. The vertiginous situation arrived in the state after Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or the JMM withdrew support from the BJP-led government.

The BJP-led government in Jharkhand convened an emergency Cabinet meeting today morning in which it recommended the dissolution of the state Assembly. This comes a day after Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or JMM threatened to withdraw support from the government.

The government in Jharkhand, led by the BJP, is vertiginously poised with Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or the JMM, withdrawing its support. The BJP and Mr Soren's JMM have 18 members each in the 81-member state assembly. Without the support of the JMM, the government, led by the BJP's Arjun Munda, is in a minority.

A month after the Election Commission countermanded the polls, elections for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Jharkhand began today even as last minute parleys were on, with ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) wooing its junior ally All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) party to vote for its candidate Sanjeev Kumar.

Chronology of events leading to Bhartiya Janta Party's withdrawal of support to Shibu Soren government for a second time in less than a month

Jharkhand Governor has given Chief Minister Shibu Soren seven days to prove his majority in the Assembly, after BJP today withdrew support to the Government in Jharkhand, reducing it to a minority.Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Raghuvar Das handed over the letter withdrawing support to the Soren government to Governor M O H Farooq."I have han...

Fed up with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM's) Shibu Soren going back on the power sharing deal, the BJP has given him an ultimatum to step down by this morning or it will withdraw support. In fact, the BJP has already fixed an appointment with the Governor."The BJP will withdraw support to JMM Government on Monday," state BJP spokesman Sanjay Seth s...

Frustrated over JMM backtracking on its power-sharing deal in Jharkhand, the BJP has decided to withdraw support to the Shibu Soren Government that will plunge the state into another spell of political crisis."The BJP will withdraw support to JMM Government on Monday," state BJP spokesman Sanjay Seth said, a day after a defiant Soren asserted that ...

There is the possibility of President's Rule being imposed in Jharkhand, with the Congress ruling out supporting the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Shibu Soren, sources have said.