Jharkhand Political Crisis: CM Hemant Soren Wins Trust Vote, BJP Stages Walk-Out

CM Soren slammed the BJP and said, "They want to create an atmosphere of civil war and fan riots to win polls."

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, whose disqualification as an MLA hangs in balance amid an illegal office-of-profit case, won a confidence motion with the vote of 48 MLAs in the 81-member state Assembly, on Monday, 5 September.

The trust vote was tabled in the special session of the state Assembly earlier in the day.

Soren also attacked the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said:

"They want to create an atmosphere of civil war and want to fan riots to win polls. As long as there is UPA government here, such plots will not survive. You will get a befitting political reply."