Champai Soren had resigned from the post of CM on 3 July, a day before JMM executive president Hemant Soren took oath as the 13th chief minister of Jharkhand on 4 July.
BJP and AJSU legislators walked out of the House as headcount for voting started. The BJP-led opposition has 24 legislators of the saffron party and three of the AJSU Party.
Hemant Soren, executive president of JMM, was released on bail on 28 June after having spent nearly five months in jail in connection with a money laundering case.
Hemant Soren was released from the Birsa Munda Jail on 28 June after nearly five months following bail from Jharkhand HC in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.
Enforcement Directorate arrested Soren in a money laundering case 31 January this year. HC found no evidence of Soren being involved in the acquisition of the Ranchi land as ED claimed.
The seat, considered JMM bastion, remained with the party despite Modi wave in 2014 & 2019. But BJP is doing everything it can to wrest the seat this time.
SC noted that the ex-Jharkhand CM had approached apex court despite a special court taking cognizance of ED’s complaint. He had also applied for bail, which the special court had rejected.
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