Jharkhand Governor to take call on CM Soren’s ‘disqualification’ tomorrow

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
26:
Amid
the
rapidly
changing
political
scenario
in
Jharkhand,
the
Election
Commission
of
India
has
recommended
to
Jharkhand
Governor
Ramesh
Bais
that
Jharkhand
Chief
Minister
Hemant
Soren
be
disqualified
as
a
Member
of
the
Legislative
Assembly
(MLA).
However,
Raj
Bhavan
hasn’t
confirmed
the
development
yet.

According
to
news
agency
ANI,
Governor
Ramesh
Bais
is
likely
to
send
his
recommendation,
tomorrow,
to
ECI
to
disqualify
Jharkhand
CM
Hemant
Soren
as
an
MLA.

The
Election
Commission
sent
its
opinion
to
Bais
on
August
26
on
a
plea
seeking
that
Soren
is
disqualified
as
an
MLA
for
violating
electoral
norms
by
extending
a
mining
lease
to
himself.

The
Jharkhand
governor
had
referred
the
matter
to
the
poll
panel.
The
BJP,
the
petitioner
in
the
case,
has
sought
Soren’s
disqualification
for
violating
section
9
A
of
the
Representation
of
the
People
Act,
1951,
which
deals
with
disqualification
for
government
contracts.

Will
Jharkhand
CM
Soren
relive
the
Lalu-Rabri
story
and
make
his
wife
the
CM?

Under
Article
192
of
the
Constitution,
if
any
question
arises
as
to
whether
a
member
of
a
House
of
the
Legislature
of
a
state
has
become
subject
to
any
of
the
disqualifications,
the
question
shall
be
referred
to
the
governor
whose
decision
shall
be
final.

The
MLAs
are
also
likely
to
decide
the
name
of
the
new
CM
in
the
scenario
of
Soren
getting
disqualified.
Moreover,
they
might
also
challenge
the
verdict
in
the
Supreme
Court.

As
far
as
the
numbers
are
concerned,
the
UPA
alliance
has
49
MLAs
in
the
81-member
assembly.
Within
the
United
Progressive
Alliance,
JMM
as
the
largest
party
has
30
MLAs,
the
Congress
18
legislators,
and
the
RJD
one.
The
main
opposition
BJP
has
26
MLAs
in
the
House.