Ranchi, Jan 8: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda today resigned and recommended dissolution of the 82-member Assembly leaving the situation wide open for the Governor to decide the future course of action.
Earlier in the day, coalition partner JMM, in a letter to Governor Syed Ahmed, formally withdrew its support to the 28-month-old government pushing it into a minority.
“I have submitted the Cabinet's decision recommending the Governor to dissolve the House along with my resignation,” Munda told reporters here after handing over the letter to Ahmed.
His cabinet colleagues Gopal Krishna Patar of JD(U), Chandraprakash Choudhary of AJSU and several BJP MLAs were present when Munda submitted the letter at Raj Bhavan at 11.45 AM.
