All options open for JMM: Shibu Soren

Last Updated: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 16:28

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Tags: Jharkhand, Shibu Soren, BJP

Bokaro: Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren, who had agreed to share power with the BJP for the remaining term of the government and then did a volte-face, on Saturday said "all options" were open for the JMM and it was for the saffron party to look for them.

"It is for the BJP to look for options. I am in touch with both the Congress and BJP. All options are open. My government will stay," Soren, who has to step down as chief minister by June 30 if he is not elected to the Assembly, told newsmen here.

He said he would meet JMM legislators tomorrow in Ranchi and make "a final announcement".

Yesterday, the JMM chief had said that he had formed the government for five years and it would complete its tenure, after going back on the May 18 agreement with the BJP for sharing power with it on a rotational basis for 28 months each and the BJP to head the government first.

Senior BJP leader M M Joshi, speaking on the frequent change of stand by the JMM, had said in Delhi yesterday that Jharkhand "has become a theatre of the absurd”.

Soren, whose voting for the UPA during a cut motion in the Lok Sabha on April 28 led the BJP to withdraw support to his government, has to find a constituency to enter the Assembly by June end. He is currently an MP.

He failed to enter the Assembly during his second stint, losing a by-poll from Tamar constituency in January 2009, leading to imposition of President's Rule for a year. His first term in 2005 lasted just nine days.

The JMM and the BJP have 18 MLAs each and the Soren government is running with the support of two JDU legislators and five from the AJSU, besides two others.

Soren had yesterday said that there was no deadline for his resignation.

PTI

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First Published: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 16:28

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PP TALWAR - India
the backward, poor and politically bankrupt jharkhand state is a clear example of the low morals and hollowness of the politicians like shibu soren who want to rule the state for the lust for power and money which is easily available from the abundant natural resources the state is gifted by nature. politician like shibu soren who on the basis of moral and financial corruption can get elected to the parliament should be discarded. to have a clean and effective government in jharkhand, fresh assembly elections should be ordered.

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lalit agarwal - gangtok
the situation in jharkhand reflects the holes of democracy and the so called moral values of politician of that place. its a pity and shame for we indians

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Raghu - NOIDA
i donot know why jharkhand people do not wake and throw out a corrupt & power-crazy neta like soren. soren, an incapable person only clings to the power for money. he has nregard for welfare & progress of the state.

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jagannathan - new delhi
i don`t know why bjp is after soren. he should be thrown to the dustbin and no alliance should be there with the jmm for the sake of power. they are unreliable and should be left in the lurch.