The new Champai Soren government won the trust vote on the floor of the Jharkhand Assembly on Monday. Forty-seven Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance legislators voted for the motion and 29 against the motion. Mr. Champai Soren moved the motion on which a debate was held.
During the debate, former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged land scam case, accused the Raj Bhavan of being part of his arrest. He claimed that he will quit politics and leave Jharkhand if anyone proved he forged land documents.
As soon as Mr. Hemant Soren entered the Assembly, the JMM and Congress legislators shouted slogans in his support. They shouted slogans such as Jail Ka Tala Tutega Hemant Soren Chutega (The jail lock will be broken and Hemant Soren will be released).
