JMM meets Jharkhand Governor, seeks time to form next govt; Congress silent on support
Manish Kumar | Saturday January 12, 2013
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...
JMM-Congress alliance in Jharkhand? Party leaders may meet today
Alok Pandey | Wednesday January 9, 2013
Whiff of a possible alliance between the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress to form the next government in Jharkhand is in the air. JMM leaders are in Delhi to try and hold talks with the Congress after the regional party pulled out of the...
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday January 8, 2013
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 f...
BJP-led government in Jharkhand in trouble, Shibu Soren's JMM wants out
Reported by Alok Pandey; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday January 7, 2013
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...
Hemant Soren resigns for father, offers his seat
Press Trust Of India | Thursday May 6, 2010
JMM Legislative Party leader Hemant Soren has submitted his resignation letter as an MLA to his father Shibu Soren and offered his Dumka seat to the Jharkhand Chief Minister to contest and enter the Assembly.
BJP puts Jharkhand withdrawal on hold
NDTV Correspondent | Friday April 30, 2010
The BJP Parliamentary today met to discuss Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren and his son Hemant Soren's apology letter and almost stopped short of saying yes.
Shibu Soren writes to BJP chief, apologises
NDTV Correspondent | Thursday April 29, 2010
Jharkhand's political crisis is far from over, but top BJP leaders are meeting right now to discuss the offer made by Shibu Soren's son, Hemant, late last night.
Soren's vote for government a 'mistake', says party
Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 28, 2010
In a damage control exercise after BJP's ally JMM supported the government in the cut motions in Lok Sabha, its MP Hemant Soren today claimed that it happened by "mistake."
