
The AICC in-charge of Jharkhand Ajay Maken is a harried man. He was the first to talk of bringing down the Madhu Koda Government, holding it responsible for lack of development in the state and for everything that was going wrong. But when JMM chief Shibu Soren made this his personal mission, Maken watched the developments from the sidelines 8212; and not only because the high command did not involve him in the exercise. The AICC leader was learnt to have himself lost interest. One reason could be that while Koda rubbed Maken the wrong way by bypassing him and dealing directly with the party high command, the AICC leader realises Soren will be an even tougher customer.