JMM led alliance strong, no threat to coalition government in Jharkhand

The JMM-led alliance in Jharkhand is “strong” and poses no threat to the coalition government in the state, Chief Minister Champai Soren said on Sunday, amid reports of resentment among a section of Congress MLAs over the inclusion of four party MLAs. Are. As a minister.

Soren, who is in the national capital, made this comment before meeting Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
After meeting Kharge, he told reporters that it was a courtesy meeting with the Congress President after taking over as the Chief Minister.

On dissatisfaction of a section of Congress MLAs regarding the recent cabinet formation, Soren said that this is an internal matter of the Congress.
Earlier in the morning, Soren said, “There is no issue, our alliance is strong.” When asked about the disgruntled Congress MLAs reaching Delhi, he had told reporters, “This is an internal matter of the Congress, they will resolve it.” Will take. I have nothing to say about this. There is no dispute between JMM and Congress.” Absolutely right.” At least 12 Congress MLAs have threatened to boycott the upcoming state assembly session from February 23 and go to Jaipur if ministers are not replaced with new faces.

The JMM-led alliance has 47 MLAs (JMM-29, Congress-17 and one RJD) in the 81-member assembly in the state.
Unhappy with the Congress’ decision to reinstate ministerial posts to Alamgir Alam, Rameshwar Oraon, Banna Gupta and Badal Patralekh, a disgruntled section of Congress MLAs on Saturday united at a hotel in Ranchi, where JMM’s new minister Basant Soren is the youngest son. . Party supremo Shibu Soren came to convince him to change his decision.
After meeting the MLAs, Basant Soren said, “There is no confusion…we are all united.”