MLAs take oath in new Jharkhand assembly

Seventy newly elected members of the 81-member Jharkhand assembly took oath on Monday. Chief Minister Shibu Soren was present during the oath-taking ceremony.

Former chief minister Madhu Koda’s wife,Geeta Koda,was one of the MLAs to take the oath today. Prominent absentees were Soren’s daughter-in-law Sita and son Hemant.

Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch MLA Bandhu Tirkey and Rastriya Kalyan Paksh MLA Chamra Linda,who have given support to the Soren-led government,were sitting beside the treasury bench. Pro-tem speaker Teklal Mahto presided over the ceremony. BJP leader Raghuvar Das and AJSU leader Sudesh Mahto,the two ministers who were sworn in with Chief Minister Shibu

Soren on December 30,were the first two members to take the oath in the assembly.

The RJD’s key face and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav, party supremo Lalu Yadav’s son, will again contest from his stronghold Raghopur.

Amid Mahagathbandhan crisis, RJD unveils list of 143, drops 36 MLAs, focuses on ‘M-Y’

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The RJD, lead player of the Mahagathbandhan, released its full list of 143 candidates for the November Bihar Assembly elections. Its key face Tejashwi Yadav will contest from Raghopur, and 41 sitting MLAs have been renominated. The party has dropped 36 sitting MLAs and fielded young leaders, signaling a bid to consolidate its core Muslim-Yadav vote base. The Congress has fielded 60 candidates.

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