EC sends opinion to Governor on disqualification plea against Jharkhand CM’s brother Basant Soren | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais had sought the Election Commission’s view on a complaint filed by state BJP members seeking Basant Soren’s disqualification from the state Assembly under Section 9A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, for co-owning a mining firm and not disclosing it in his election affidavit.
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EC sends opinion to Governor on disqualification plea against Jharkhand CM’s brother Basant Soren
Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais had sought the Election Commission’s view on a complaint filed by state BJP members seeking Basant Soren’s disqualification from the state Assembly under Section 9A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, for co-owning a mining firm and not disclosing it in his election affidavit.
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New Delhi | Updated: September 10, 2022 11:12:36 am
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and his brother Basant Soren.The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sent its opinion on the disqualification matter pertaining to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MLA Basant Soren, state Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s brother, to Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais, The Indian Express has learned.
The EC had concluded its hearings on August 29 in the reference received from Bais. Sources said Bais received the EC opinion on the matter on Friday evening.
The governor had sought the commission’s view on a complaint filed by state BJP members seeking Basant Soren’s disqualification from the state Assembly under Section 9A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, for co-owning a mining firm and not disclosing it in his election affidavit. Section 9A prohibits elected representatives from entering into any contract with the government for “supply of goods” or “execution of any works undertaken” by it.
The development comes two weeks after the EC had recommended the Jharkhand chief minister’s disqualification under the same section (Section 9A) for allegedly misusing his position to allot a stone mining lease to himself last year.
The state has been in the throes of political turmoil as Bais, to date, has not officially apprised the state government of the EC’s view on the eligibility of CM Hemant Soren to continue as MLA. The JMM has since alleged attempts by the BJP to poach the ruling alliance’s MLAs, and taken 32 of them from Ranchi to Raipur in Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh.
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