Ranchi, The JMM-led government in Jharkhand headed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday won the vote of confidence in the assembly amid a walkout by opposition members.
A total of 45 MLAs, including nominated member Josheph P Galastaun, voted in favor of the confidence motion.
The BJP and AJSU legislators left the House as the counting of votes began. The BJP-led opposition has 24 legislators from the saffron party and three from the AJSU Party.
Earlier, BJP legislators trooped into the well seeking President Rabindra Nath Mahto's permission to allow MLA Bhanu Pratap Sahi to speak, who was rejected by the Speaker.
Seventy-five MLAs were present in the assembly during the voting. Independent legislator Saryu Roy abstained from voting.
The ruling alliance comprises the JMM, Congress and RJD, while it has external support from the lone Liberation legislator of the CPI (ML).
After the Lok Sabha elections, the strength of the JMM-led alliance was reduced to 45 MLAs in the 81-member House, with 27 from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, 17 from the Congress and one from the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Two JMM MLAs, Nalin Soren and Joba Majhi, are now MPs, while Jama legislator Sita Soren resigned to contest the Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket.
The JMM expelled two more legislators, Bishunpur MLA Chamra Linda and Boriyo MLA Lobin Hembrom, from the party.
Similarly, the BJP's strength in the assembly has been reduced to 24, as two of its MLAs – Dhulu Mahto (Baghmara) and Manish Jaiswal (Hazaribag) – are now MPs. The saffron party expelled Mandu MLA Jaiprakash Bhai Patel after he joined the Congress.
The current strength of the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly is 76. The ruling JMM-Congress-RJD alliance had given a support list of 44 MLAs to the Governor when Hemant Soren claimed his right to form the government on July 3.
Hemant Soren, executive president of the JMM, was sworn in as the state's 13th chief minister on July 4, a day after his predecessor Champai Soren resigned from the post.
Hemant Soren was released from jail on June 28 after the Jharkhand High Court granted him bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. He had resigned as prime minister shortly before his arrest on January 31 by the Enforcement Directorate.
A total of 45 MLAs, including nominated member Josheph P Galastaun, voted in favor of the confidence motion.
The BJP and AJSU legislators left the House as the counting of votes began. The BJP-led opposition has 24 legislators from the saffron party and three from the AJSU Party.
Earlier, BJP legislators trooped into the well seeking President Rabindra Nath Mahto's permission to allow MLA Bhanu Pratap Sahi to speak, who was rejected by the Speaker.
Seventy-five MLAs were present in the assembly during the voting. Independent legislator Saryu Roy abstained from voting.
The ruling alliance comprises the JMM, Congress and RJD, while it has external support from the lone Liberation legislator of the CPI (ML).
After the Lok Sabha elections, the strength of the JMM-led alliance was reduced to 45 MLAs in the 81-member House, with 27 from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, 17 from the Congress and one from the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Two JMM MLAs, Nalin Soren and Joba Majhi, are now MPs, while Jama legislator Sita Soren resigned to contest the Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket.
The JMM expelled two more legislators, Bishunpur MLA Chamra Linda and Boriyo MLA Lobin Hembrom, from the party.
Similarly, the BJP's strength in the assembly has been reduced to 24, as two of its MLAs – Dhulu Mahto (Baghmara) and Manish Jaiswal (Hazaribag) – are now MPs. The saffron party expelled Mandu MLA Jaiprakash Bhai Patel after he joined the Congress.
The current strength of the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly is 76. The ruling JMM-Congress-RJD alliance had given a support list of 44 MLAs to the Governor when Hemant Soren claimed his right to form the government on July 3.
Hemant Soren, executive president of the JMM, was sworn in as the state's 13th chief minister on July 4, a day after his predecessor Champai Soren resigned from the post.
Hemant Soren was released from jail on June 28 after the Jharkhand High Court granted him bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. He had resigned as prime minister shortly before his arrest on January 31 by the Enforcement Directorate.
