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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.

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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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