Speculations over Hemant Soren's future, JMM-led coalition to meet on January 3
The Hindu
JMM-led coalition convenes meeting of legislators in Ranchi on Jan 3 to discuss ED's summons to CM Hemant Soren and sudden resignation of Gandey legislator Sarfaraz Ahmad.
Amid speculations of a possible anoinment of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's wife, the ruling JMM-led coalition has convened a meeting of its legislators in Ranchi on January 3.
The speculations were triggered by the Enforcement Directorate's recent summons to Chief Minister Hemant Soren coupled with the sudden resignation by JMM's Gandey legislator Sarfaraz Ahmad on Monday.
The Opposition BJP has alleged that Mr. Ahmad was made to quit so that the Chief Minister's wife Kalpana Soren could contest the Gandey seat in case of ED's action against Soren.
"A meeting of the legislators of alliance partners has been convened at 4.30 pm at the chief minister's residence on January 3. Please ensure timely participation in the meeting," Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) general secretary Vinod Kumar Pandey wrote to ministers of the alliance parties and legislators on January 2.
JMM sources said the meeting has been convened to discuss the present political scenario in the backdrop of ED's summons to Mr. Soren as well as to chalk out a strategy.
Mr. Ahmad’s sudden resignation without citing any reason has sparked off speculations that Soren might step down and anoint his wife Kalpana Soren as the chief minister and she may contest from the vacant seat.
The ED in its latest summons to Mr. Soren, who is also the executive president of JMM, has asked him to to inform the investigating officer about the date, venue, and time of his choice so that his statement could be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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