Back from Delhi, Jharkhand governor still silent on Hemant Soren case

NEW DELHI: Jharkhand governor Ramesh Bais returned from New Delhi on Thursday to a chorus of questions that elicited from him the same stoic silence with which he had earlier answered what the state wants to know: the Election Commission’s recommendation in the office-ofprofit case against CM Hemant Soren.
Bais, whose unannounced departure for the national capital ahead of Soren’s September 5 trust vote left the JMM-led coalition in a tizzy, didn’t attend to any pending official task on his return to Raj Bhavan, officials said.
While Raj Bhavan insisted the governor’s trip to Delhi was for “personal” reasons, speculation was rife about him making the journey to discuss the Soren’s possible disqualification as an MLA with BJP’s central leadership.
CM brother's ‘undergarments’ remark stirs controversy
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s MLA-brother Basant’s controversial comments on absence from his constituency Dumka during a recent spurt of crimes against women landed the JMM-led Mahagathbandhan in a bind on Thursday and forced the governing alliance partners to distance themselves from his statements,reports ASRP Mukesh.
In response to a question from journalists in Dumka on Wednesday why he didn’t come to his constituency when two back-to-back heinous murders of minor girls took place in recent weeks, Basant said: “I had gone to Delhi to buy undergarments. I usually buy those from there. ”