• Source:JND

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren will soon resign from his post and his wife Kalpana will take over, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey has claimed after a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MLA resigned from his post. Sarfaraz Ahmed resigned from the assembly membership, and his resignation was accepted. 

Dubey, the BJP MP from Jharkhand’s Godda, said that the new year "could bring pain to the Soren family". "Jharkhand's MLA from Gandey, Sarfaraz Ahmed, has resigned from the Assembly and his resignation has been accepted. Soon, Hemant Soren-ji will also resign from the post of chief minister and his wife, Kalpana Soren-ji, will take over as the next CM," he said in a post on X.

Dubey also added that the Jharkhand Governor should also take legal advice in this matter. The Lok Sabha MP also exuded confidence in the NDA winning the Gandey assembly seat. JMM is not Hemant Soren’s party, but of Shibu Soren.

The development comes after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a summons to the Jharkhand CM in Money Laundering case. "Since you have not come to the office of the Directorate of Enforcement in obedience to the summonses issued to you, we are giving you this last opportunity to record your statement under section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, at the place, date and time, mutually convenient to you as well as the undersigned (ED), which should be within 7 days of receipt of this notice/Summons," the ED has stated in its fresh summons, as quoted by news agency NDTV.

According to NDTV, Ahmed said that he has resigned as MLA not due to bitterness but to strengthen the party, the coalition, and also his leader, Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The reports also state, citing sources, that Soren fears ED, and probing a corruption case against him may arrest him. So, he has planned to hand over the baton to his wife.

(With input from agencies) 


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