Ranchi: Leaders of Jharkhand’s ruling coalition comprising those from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha met Governor Ramesh Bais Thursday and submitted a memorandum urging him to “clear the air” regarding Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s disqualification by the Election Commission (EC) so as to put all confusion prevailing in the state to rest.
The members of the delegation who met the Governor included JMM MPs Vijay Hansda and Mahua Majhi, JMM leader Binod Pandey while Congress was represented by MPs Geeta Koda and Dhiraj Sahu and former minister Bandhu Tirkey among others. Referring to various news reports that were circulated citing Raj Bhawan sources that the EC had disqualified Hemant Soren as an MLA, the leaders said that various ‘leaks from the Governor’s office’ were creating a state of chaos, confusion and uncertainty which vitiates the administration and the governance of the state.
The Governor, however, assured the leaders that appropriate action would be taken to lay all confusion at rest, a statement from his office informed. The memorandum said that since August 25, news outlets have widely reported, citing sources from the Governor’s office, that Chief Minister Soren has been disqualified by the Election Commission of India under Article 192(1) of the Constitution, read with section 9A of the Representation of People’s Act. “You will appreciate that such news is being sensationalized in the local and national print and electronic media creating an atmosphere of political uncertainty and encouraging rumours of all hues and kinds.
All these news items are being reported as being leaked from your Excellency’s office and this is really unfortunate since Office of Governor being constitutional office, the public have a very high regard for the same and even a false rumour coming out of the office is taken at its face value to be correct,” the memorandum read.