Shibu Soren to take vote of confidence in assembly today

Ranchi, Jan 7 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren will seek a vote of confidence in the Assembly today.

The JMM Chief heads a coalition government that includes the NDA and other small parties and claims to have the support of 46 MLAs.

Besides his 18-member JMM, the other supporting MLAs are the NDA with 20, the AJSU-5, the Jharkhand Jan-adhikar Manch-one, the Rashtriya Kalyan Paksh with one and one Independent MLA - Bidesh Singh.

The new government is the seventh in Jharkhand since its creation nine years back. (ANI)