“We have submitted the letter to the Governor and informed him that JMM's withdrawal of support has reduced the government into a minority,” Soren told newsmen after submitting the letter.
He was accompanied by his father JMM supremo Shibu Soren and other party leaders to Raj Bhavan. Reacting to it, Munda said, “Such letters are not faxed. One should physically submit them to the Governor.”
Congress, however, said in Delhi that the Jharkhand Cabinet's decision recommending dissolution of the Assembly was “not binding” on the Governor as it was done by the Munda government after being reduced to a “minority”.
Arjun Munda resigns, seeks dissolution of Jharkhand Assembly
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,
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