Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda to resign
With the numbers heavily weighing against him, beleagured Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Thursday announced his resignation on the floor of the state Assembly minutes before he was to take up a trust vote.
By PTI |
RANCHI: With the numbers heavily weighing against him, beleagured Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Thursday announced his resignation on the floor of the state Assembly minutes before he was to take up a trust vote.
"The BJP-led coalition had got the mandate as the largest coalition during the last Assembly elections but some of our colleagues have switched sides," Munda said in his brief speech in the Assembly referring to the resignation and withdrawal of support to his government by four ministers.
His announcement came as it was clear that the Chief Minister had lost majority with 43 MLAs sitting on the side of the opposition UPA as against 38 members in the treasury benches in a House of 82.
"We may have had some differences of opinion with them (MLAs) but I will not go into details about this. I would like to request that all of us have a duty to discharge for the sake of the people of the state," he said before proceeding to the Raj Bhavan to meet Governor Syed Sibte Razi to submit his resignation.
Following his speech the Assembly was adjourned sine die.
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The Munda government had come to power 18 months back after the attempts of the UPA to cobble up a majority had failed in spite of the Governor inviting Shibu Soren of JMM to form the government.Soren had resigned within few days under similar circumstances.
The Governor had directed the trial of strength to be taken up after the four ministers withdrew support to the government on September five reducing it to a minority.
After the four withdrew, the NDA is left with 39 members, BJP-30, JDU-6, AJSU-two and one nominated MLA, in the 82-member house.
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Earlier, Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari said he has deferred his ruling on the issue of disqualification of three MLAs-- Ekka, Singh and Marandi as he needed more time to dwell into the constitutional aspects.He, however, said that three MLAs would be able to vote in the trust motion.
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