What is in store if Soren is disqualified: The numbers explained
New Delhi, Aug 26: Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais may take a call Friday on the Election Commission's view on "disqualification" of Chief Minister Hemant Soren as an MLA, amid the rapidly changing political scenario in the state.
The EC is believed to have told the governor that Soren should be "disqualified" as a legislator for violating electoral norms, sources informed PTI.
Let us look at the Jharkhand Assembly numbers, how the JMM is placed and where does the opposition stand, and also know the possible scenarios in the event of Soren being disqualified.
Jharkhand in turmoil as CM Hemant Soren faces disqualification
How
numbers
stack
up
in
Jharkhand
assembly?
The
Jharkhand
Mukti
Morcha
is
the
largest
party
in
the
assembly
with
30
seats
in
the
81-member
Jharkhand
Assembly.
The
majority
mark
is
41
and
it
has
the
support
of
18
MLAs
from
the
Congress
and
one
MLA
from
the
Rashtriya
Janata
Dal.
However,
three
dissedent
Congress
leaders
-
Irfan
Ansari,
Rajesh
Kacchap
and
Naman
Bixal
Kongari
-
were
arrested
in
Bengal
in
West
Bengal's
Howrah
for
possessing
more
than
Rs
45
lakh
in
their
car.
Whereas the opposition BJP has 26 MLAs, 15 short of majority mark. It is followed by Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) (3), All Jharkhand Students Union (2), Communist Party of India (M-L) (1), Nationalist Congress Party (1) and two independents.
What
happens
if
Soren
is
disqualified?
The
Possible
Scenarios:
If
Soren
resigns,
he
has
to
be
re-elected
and
stake
claim
again
to
form
the
new
government,
but
he
has
to
win
an
election
to
continue
as
the
CM
in
six
months.
The second scenario is the Governor barring him from contesting elections after his resignation. In that case someone from his family or party should be elected as the CM.