The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) – which had earlier given an ultimatum to Congress to form a new government in Jharkhand with the JMM, Rashtrya Janata Dal (RJD) and some independent MLAs – has at last left its idea of formation of government in absence of positive response from the leaders of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), despite camping a week-long in Delhi by its supremo Shibu Soren and party’s Legislative party leader Hemant Soren.
JMM’s Legislative party leader Hemant Soren, who returned from Delhi on Saturday, told media that JMM would soon meet the state governor Sayed Ahmed and submit its memorandum for dissolution of the state Assembly and recommend for fresh elections.
It may be mentioned that the President’s rule was imposed in Jharkhand on January 18, 2013, keeping the state assembly in suspended animation after withdrawal of support to Arjun Munda led NDA government by JMM followed by resignation of the chief minister Arjun Munda on January 7 this year.
Political observers told Business Standard that besides the BJP, strained relation also developed between JMM and its alliance partners over alleged agreement between BJP and JMM on handing over power to JMM after completion of 24 months tenure of Arjun Munda of the BJP as chief minister in Jharkhand.
However, the existence of any power sharing agreement between the BJP and the JMM before formation of the NDA government in Jharkhand had been denied by the BJP in several times before imposition of the President’s rule in the state.
It may also be mentioned that the relation between BJP and JMM was also parted for three months when the JMM voted for UPA during the crucial trust vote in the Parliament.
Meanwhile, political observers are of the opinion that after introduction of the central Budget in Lok Sabha, the AICC is much concerned with the party’s prospect in 2014 parliamentary elections.
In order to assess the party’s prospect in Jharkhand during 2014 Lok Sabha elections, AICC general secretary Madhusudan Mistry visited the state capital on Friday to find out the party’s present strength at grassroots
Observers feel that the AICC general secretary Mistry’s Ranchi visit is associated with the ongoing countrywide assessment drive being undertaking with the direction of the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi before the Lok Sabha elections in 1914. After constitution of Jharkhand curving Bihar on November 15, 2000, the position of the Congress in Jharkhand started deteriorating. Nine years after formation of a separate state, the BJP and JMM had appeared in the limelight in the state’s politics and as a result in 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Congress could maintain its face saving by securing only one Lok Sabha seat by its candidate, former Union minister Subodh Kant Sahay.
