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Jharkhand Floor Test: Exuding confidence to win the trust vote in the Jharkhand assembly, the MLAs of the JMM-led alliance returned to Ranchi from Hyderabad on Sunday evening. The legislators landed at Birsa Munda Airport in chartered flights and were taken to the Circuit Houe in the city in two buses. "Our MLAs are united... We have the support of 48 to 50 legislators," said minister Alamgir Alam, as quoted by news agency PTI. JMM lawmaker Mithilesh Thakur also asserted that the JMM-led coalition will sail through the trust vote.

Here Are Top Updates: 

- Chief Minister Champai Soren-led coalition government in Jharkhand will seek a vote of confidence on Monday, which is the first day of the two-day assembly session.

- In an exclusive conversation with Dainik Jagran, Jharkhand CM Champai Soren said that there is no issue with the majority. We have an absolute majority, so there is no problem of any kind in the floor test in the house, he added.

- Soren was administered the oath of office by Governor C P Radhakrishnan at the Raj Bhavan on February 2.

- Former Chief Minister Hemant Soren will also participate in the trust vote. He was remanded to D custody for five days by the court on Friday.

- The alliance between the JMM, Congress, and RJD has 47 MLAs in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly, and it is supported from outside by a lone CPIML(L) legislator.

- CM Champai Soren accused the BJP of framing his predecessor Hemant Soren in false cases to continue the looting of minerals from the state. “When Hemant Soren came to power (in 2019) and stopped them from doing so, they framed him in false cases,” the CM claimed.

- Earlier, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh exuded confidence that INDIA bloc partners would win the floor test in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly.

- This is not the first time JMM is facing a floor test. In 2002, Hemant Soren's government won a majority with 48 votes in his favour. Even back then, Soren had faced a threat of disqualification from the assembly over allegations of corruption.

(With input from agencies)