Amid the deepening political crisis in Jharkhand, the ruling United Progressive Alliance on Tuesday shifted as many as 31 MLAs to the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh to stave off any attempt by the Opposition BJP to poach its legislators in the State.
The MLAs, who arrived in State capital Raipur on a chartered flight around 6 p.m., were taken to Mayfair Resort in Nava Raipur, where they are expected to stay for the next two days. The MLAs belong to the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel visited the resort around 9.30 p.m. Congress leaders Girish Dewangan, Sunny Agrawal and Ramgopal Agrawal received the MLAs at the airport and accompanied them to the resort, around 10 km away.
