Jharkhand: Discontent among Cong MLAs over portfolios; threaten to boycott assembly session

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A strong resentment is brewing among a section of Congress legislators in Jharkhand over the induction of four party MLAs as ministers in the Champai Soren-led JMM government..

As many as 12 MLAs of the grand-old party have threatened to boycott the upcoming assembly session from February 23 and head to Jaipur if the ministers are not replaced by new faces...

The JMM-led alliance in the state has 47 MLAs (JMM-29, Congress-17 and one RJD) in the 81-member assembly...

Unhappy over Congress' decision to give ministerial berths to Alamgir Alam, Rameshwar Oraon, Banna Gupta and Badal Patralekh again, the legislators went into a huddle at Ranchi Circuit House just before the swearing-in ceremony on Friday with plans of boycotting it...

Congress state chief Rajesh Thakur told PTI that the issues flagged by the 12 Congress legislators are being looked into.. "They have expressed their feelings to me and I shall bring this to the notice of the party central leadership..

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