Cong holds meet on next course of action

Ranchi: Amidst the political turmoil in Jharkhand, a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party was held on Saturday evening to deliberate on strategy for further course of action. The meeting was presided over by Congress general secretary in-charge Avinash Pande.
In the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly, the ruling alliance has 30 MLAs of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), 18 MLAs of the Congress and one MLA of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
“All MLAs and ministers have only gathered to discuss the political activities that have gone down in the past few days. We are here to discuss the matter and reach some conclusion on it,” Pande said.
Earlier on Saturday, chief minister Hemant Soren had called a meeting of the state’s ruling UPA coalition members, amidst speculation about his possible disqualification as an MLA in the state assembly for allegedly violating poll norms by extending himself a mining lease.
This was the third meeting in two days. ANI