Jharkhand political crisis: More than 32 UPA MLAs of ruling party reach Raipur

Amidst the ongoing political crisis in Jharkhand, 41 people including Congress state in-charge Avinash Pandey, State Congress President Rajesh Thakur and more than 32 UPA MLAs of the ruling party in Jharkhand have reached Raipur this evening via a private airplane. The MLAs will stay in Mayfair Golf resort in Raipur in Chhattisgarh.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren at Birsa Munda airport said that the shifting of MLAs to Raipur is part of political stunt. The MLAs will stay at Raipur for 2 days.

मुख्यमंत्री आवास में सत्ता पक्ष के मंत्री गण एवं विधायक दल की बैठक की अध्यक्षता करते हुए मुख्यमंत्री श्री @HemantSorenJMM। मौके पर @INCIndia के महासचिव एवं झारखण्ड कांग्रेस प्रभारी श्री अविनाश पांडे भी उपस्थित रहे। pic.twitter.com/8RmHx66BZk

— Office of Chief Minister, Jharkhand (@JharkhandCMO) August 28, 2022

According to airport authorities, 19 MLAs of JMM, 13 MLAs of Congress have been shifted to Raipur.
Earlier, Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Congress state in-charge Avinash Pandey had chaired several rounds of meeting of UPA MLAs at CM’s residence in last 3 days.  All eyes are set upon Governor Ramesh Bais decision to issue a notification in the Office of profit case on Chief Minister Hemant Soren.

Meanwhile, Government claims to have 50 MLAs including 30 from JMM, 18 from Congress, 1 from RJD and 1 from CPI-ML under UPA-alliance in the 81-member Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.  The Opposition has a total of 31 MLAs including 26 from BJP, 2 from AJSU, 2 Independent MLAs and 1 from NCP.

कड़ी से कड़ी सजा मिलनी चाहिए:- श्री @HemantSorenJMM pic.twitter.com/E5JWciF8HC

— Office of Chief Minister, Jharkhand (@JharkhandCMO) August 29, 2022