"We have made our position clear. We stand by it. Now it's the chief minister who has to take a decision," Soren said referring to his asking Chief Minister Arjun Munda to make his stand clear on JMM's claim.
"The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is ready to go to the people to seek a fresh mandate if such a situation arises," Soren said.
The JMM leader had on Christmas Day asked Munda to clear his stand on the power-sharing formula by which the two allies would each rule for 28 months.
While the BJP has denied any such deal, the JMM has insisted that both had agreed to it and according to it the JMM's turn at governance would arrive in January.
Munda, who reached here last night from Delhi, has maintained silence on the issue.
His earlier announcement of a meeting of the ruling coalition's coordination committee today did not materialise.
Committee Chairman and JMM supremo Shibu Soren has denied knowledge about any such meeting.
