Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais has returned a Jharkhand Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2022, passed by the Hemant Soren government in the state assembly earlier this year with a slew of suggestions and directions to make changes accordingly.
Hours before Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren turned up before ED's zonal office, he released a letter written to ED's assistant director Deovrat Jha questioning the agency's claim.
Soren was summoned months after the Election Commission, in August, sent a report to Governor Ramesh Bais, recommending the CM's disqualification as a member of the state legislative assembly for allegedly holding a mining lease.
"Hemant Soren has become a symbol of corruption in the entire Jharkhand. You can see the dark deeds of corruption prevailing in the entire government every day. Any department you point to is seen in the light of corruption."
Jharkhand CM Soren was initially summoned by the federal probe agency on November 3, but he did not depose citing official engagements. Soren had then sought a three-week deferment of the summons. The ED has said that it has "identified" proceeds of crime relating to illegal mining in the st
It is a conspiracy to oust the government, said Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta on Wednesday after Enforcement Directorate's summoned Chief Minister Hemant Soren for questioning.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday alleged that the conspirators are hell-bent to overthrow the current government of the State because "they know that we will strengthen tribals so much that those coming from outside will be thrown out."
The ED had rejected Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's request to prepone his questioning date to November 16 instead of November 17, which was earlier fixed in the agency's second summon, according to the sources.
The government ledf by Chief Minister Hemant Soren is likely to pass Bills related to the domicile policy based on 1,932 land records and 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities.