Cong-JMM Ties on Test as PESA Campaign Sparks Unease
In Jharkhand’s evolving political theatre, the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act—PESA—has reignited tensions not between rival parties but within the ruling coalition itself.
In Jharkhand’s evolving political theatre, the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act—PESA—has reignited tensions not between rival parties but within the ruling coalition itself.
The Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government expanded the cabinet on Thursday with the induction of eleven new ministers.
The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) was declared winner in 10 assembly constituencies, while its alliance partners - Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) and Congress won one seat each.
In the JMM-Congress government, every wrong thing was done to make the infiltrators, who came from outside, as permanent residents here, he alleged.
