Jharkhand MLAs being sent to Delhi, Kerala under Cong shadow

Dehradun, Sep 10 (UNI) In a bid to avoid horse trading of legislators in Jharkhand, 11 MLAS, including 3 Independents, brought to Rishikesh yesterday are being sent to Delhi and Kerala under Congress shadow.

State Congress General Secretary Vinay Saraswat, who is looking after the MLAs, said that all the eleven MLAs were kept in a hotel in Rishikesh.

After discussion with the High Command three independent MLAs had departed to Delhi today morning. Rest eight MLAs would be sent to Kerala this evening, where all of them would remain till Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda tests his majority, Saraswat said.

The Munda Government in Jharkhand was reduced to a minority on September 5, after 4 Ministers resigned and withdrew support to him. Governor Syed Sibte Razi has asked Munda to prove his majority by September 15.

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