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This is an archive article published on January 6, 2010
Soren to take vote of confidence in assembly on Thursday
Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren,who claims the support of 46 MLAs in the 81-member House,will seek a vote of confidence on Thursday in the Assembly.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren,who claims the support of 46 MLAs in the 81-member House,will seek a vote of confidence on Thursday in the Assembly.
Soren,who chose to take the floor test on Thursday,expressed confidence of passing it. “Yes,definitely I am confident of winning the confidence motion.”
He had been invited by Governor K Sankaranarayanan on December 27 to form the government. He was asked to seek a vote of confidence by January eight when he was sworn in for a third time as chief minister on December 30.
Soren,who heads a coalition government that includes NDA and other small parties,claims to have the support of 46 MLAs,including the Assembly Speaker (of the BJP).
Besides his 18-member JMM ,the other supporting MLAs are NDA-20,AJSU-5,Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch-one,Rashtriya Kalyan Paksh-one and one Independent MLA Bidesh Singh.
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