On reports of disqualification, Soren says BJP drafted the sealed report

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New
Delhi,
Aug
25:
Jharkhand
Chief
Minister
Hemant
Soren
said
he
has
not
received
any
communication
while
he
has
seen
several
media
reports
and
statements
by
the
BJP
about
the
Election
Commission
recommending
his
disqualification
as
an
MLA.

The
BJP
is
confident
that
its
plea
has
succeeded
and
sought
mid-term
elections
on
moral
grounds.

“It
apparently
seems
that
BJP
leaders,
including
a
BJP
MP
and
its
puppet
journalists,
have
themselves
drafted
the
ECI
report,
which
is
otherwise
a
sealed
cover
report,”
Soren
said
I
a
statement.

SC
stays
proceedings
before
Jharkhand
High
Court
against
CM
Hemant
Soren

The
BJP
has
accused
Soren
of
giving
himself
a
mining
lease
and
thus
sought
his
disqualification.
BJP
MP
Nishikant
Dubey
said
that
Soren
should
go
for
mid-term
polls
on
moral
grounds.
The
assembly
should
be
dissolved
and
there
should
be
elections
in
all
81
assembly
constituencies,
Dubey
also
said.

Congress
the
junior
partner
of
Soren’s
Jharkhand
Mukti
Morcha
(JMM)
said
that
the
alliance
has
the
numbers
in
any
case.
I
met
the
CM
and
was
told
that
no
communication
about
this
has
been
received
about
the
sealed
report.
Let
the
Governor
decide.
We
are
working
on
our
strategy,
Alamgir
Alam,
the
leader
of
the
Congress
Legislature
Party
said.

On
being
asked
if
Soren
is
disqualified
will
he
take
a
new
oath
and
fight
a
new
election,
Alam
said
that
we
want
him
to
remain
the
CM.
We
have
the
numbers
and
the
government
will
remind
in
place.

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Prem
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in
illegal
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scam

The
BJP
had
alleged
violation
of
Section
9A
of
the
Representation
of
People
Act.
The
Governor
as
is
the
mandate
referred
the
matter
to
the
Election
Commission
under
Article
192
of
the
Constitution.
The
law
says
that
the
Governor
is
bound
by
the
opinion
of
the
EC
which
functions
as
a
quasi
judicial
body
in
such
matters.