Amid the political turmoil in Jharkhand, MLAs of the ruling United Progressive Alliance government were shifted to Raipur in Chhattisgarh, in what could be the start of resort politics till the time the CM Hemant Soren's disqualification matter hangs in the balance. The MLAs of the ruling UPA coalition (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-Congress alliance) in Jharkhand arrived in Raipur by a chartered flight. The ruling coalition has 49 MLAs in the 81-member Assembly. The MLAs were taken to a resort in Nava Raipur. JMM has alleged that the BJP is attempting to poach MLAs from it and the Congress in a bid to topple the Hemant Soren-led government. Soren had called an important meeting of the ruling alliance to chalk out the future strategy. A state minister told that the meeting was convened as the Raj Bhavan has so far remained silent on the Election Commission’s ruling on Soren's continuance as an MLA.
After the meeting ended, UPA MLAs moved to the Ranchi airport from the CM's residence in buses, and they left the state capital by a chartered aircraft for Raipur. On the unfolding development, Soren said "No unforeseen incident is going to take place. We are ready for everything; the situation is under our control. I will let you know if I will also go with the MLAs (to Raipur)”.
Soren slammed the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state and accused it of indulging in political horse-trading. He said “they only buy and sell MLAs but we work for the public and don't do horse-trading. People will give answers to those who are doing business in politics. I'm never worried about the chair. I only worry about the Dalits, Adivasis and people of the state.”
Congress’s Banna Gupta alleged that the recent turn of events was part of a conspiracy to destabilise the JMM-led coalition government in the state. "A conspiracy was hatched to destabilise our state government”. Congress is firmly standing against it and there's no crisis in government, assuring alliance partner JMM of full support.
