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Will change of Guv bring relief?
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: After the change of Governor, the leaders of the ruling JMM in Jharkhand are hoping that the sword hanging over the membership of the Chief Minister and his MLA brother will be removed.
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On the complaint of the state BJP against Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his brother Basant Soren, the governor had sought a report from the Election
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and his brother Basant Soren.
Commission in the office of profit case. The Election Commission had sent the report to the Governor in August 2022 after a long hearing but the then Gover- nor Ramesh Bais did not make the report public for three months. After that in October 2022, he said that he has again sought a report from the Election Commission in this matter. toor constituency.
However, in November, the Election Commission made it clear that no second report has been sought from it nor has it been asked to reconsider the first report.
Meanwhile, when the governor had gone to his home state during Diwali last year, he had said in an interview that after Diwali, one atom bomb might explode in Jharkhand.
The saffron party has fielded Nagaruru Raghavendra for KadapaAnantapur-Kurnool and P.V.N. Madhav for Srikakulam-Vizianagaram-Visakhapatnam constituency.
In Telangana, the BJP has announced candidature of A. Venkata Narayana Reddy for Mahabubnagar-Ranga Reddy-Hyderabad teachers' seat. Candidates for other MLC seats in both the Telugu states will be announced later. The Election Commission of India (ECI) last week announced the schedule for biennial elections to 15 MLC seats13 in Andhra Pradesh and two in Telangana.
The elections will be held on March 13 for eight local authorities' constituencies, three graduates' and two teachers' constituencies in Andhra Pradesh. Polling will also be held for one teachers' constituency and one local authorities' constituency in Telangana.
JD (S) SLAMS SHAH OVER STATEMENTS ON GETTING POWER IN KARNATAKA
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