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In the last Lok Sabha elections in May 2019, out of the total 14 seats in Jharkhand, the NDA had won 12, with a vote share of 56%. This included the 4.4% votes polled by its ally, All Jharkhand Students’ Union (AJSU), winning one seat.
Union agriculture and tribal affairs minister Arjun Munda, 56, is againtaking on Congress leader Kali Charan Munda in the Lok Sabha elections from the Khunti seat in Jharkhand, where he had managed to defeat the latter by just 1,445 votes in the 2019 polls. Senior BJP leader Arjun Munda had been a three-time Jharkhand chief minister.
In a huge blow to the Congress, its lone MP from Jharkhand and the wife of former CM Madhu Kora, Geeta Kora, quit the party on Monday and joined the BJP.
THE CRISIS in the Jharkhand Congress may have blown over for now, but party leaders fear the after effects of the open protest by eight of their MLAs will linger.
The floor test of the new Jharkhand government is likely to be held on Monday. The Champai Soren-led coalition government in Jharkhand is all set to seek a vote of trust on February 5 during a special two-day assembly session, news agency PTI reported.
Amid intense political activity in Jharkhand, a special Ranchi court on Saturday allowed former chief minister Hemant Soren to participate in the floor test on 5 February, which will seal the fate of newly appointed CM Champai Soren. Jharkhand Advocate General Rajiv Ranjan said that the Enforcement Directorate vehemently objected to any such permission to Hemant Soren, but the court allowed the JMM chief to participate in the process.
Shortly after Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Champai Soren took Chief Minister's oath, MLAs of the ruling JMM-led coalition reached the airport to fly to Hyderabad before floor test.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha party (JMM) executive president Hemant Soren was sent to 5-day (ED) custody on Friday.