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Marandi
challenges Soren post in SC

Even as BJP and JMM announced a fresh power- sharing
agreement in Jhar- khand, former chief minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
(Prajatantrik) leader Babulal Marandi on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court
challenging the continuation of Sibu Soren as the chief minister.
In his
petition, Marandi accused Soren of defrauding the electorate by abusing Article
164(4) that allows a min- ister/CM to hold office for six months without being a
mem- ber of the state assembly.
“This provision ... is a special provision to
enable leader of the majority party to serve as Chief Minister and contest any
assembly seat so as to fulfil the expectations of the electorate....
The
Constitution does not per- mit the hide-and-seek game in the garb of the above
provision to use it as a sword to kill the very basic fabric of ... the
Constitution,“ Marandi said in his petition.
Marandi sought a direction to
the Jharkhand Governor to restrain Soren from function- ing as a full-fledged CM
and tak- ing any major policy decisions or effecting any
appointments.
Marandi's counsel Anurag Kumar said the petition would be
mentioned for urgent hearing on Wednesday.
This is for the third time that
Soren has become Jharkhand CM without being an MLA.
First was on March 2,
2005.
JMM was not in majority in the state assembly. He was forced to quit
after nine days.
On August 27, 2008 he was again sworn in as Jharkhand CM
without being an MLA.
This time again he was forced to resign on January 18,
2009 after losing the Tamar assem- bly by-election to Jharkhand Party candidate
Gopal Krishna Patar, aka Raja Peter by a mar- gin of 9,062 votes.

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