After returning to power, the problem of Hemant cabinet has become more complicated, hence to solve it, the India Alliance in Jharkhand has put the cabinet expansion on hold. Now only Hemant Soren will take oath as Chief Minister on November 28. The full expansion of the cabinet will take place in the first week of December.
According to sources, infighting continues on Congress quota seats. Congress wants at least 4 seats in the cabinet under the old formula, but due to the entry of Male in the coalition government and the new equation of seats, Hemant wants to give him less seats.
Male has won 2 seats
In 2019, Male contested alone and won only one seat. Male has entered the India alliance in 2024. Male has won 2 seats in the 2024 elections. Both the seats are from Dhanbad district.
RJD, which won one seat in 2019, got a place in the cabinet. In such a situation, Hemant wants to include Male also in the cabinet this time. Arup Chatterjee and Bablu Mahato have won from Male. Male got 3 seats under the agreement, party friend on 2
Congress equation messed up
If Male enters the cabinet after RJD, then only 10 out of 12 seats will be left for Congress and JMM. In Jharkhand, only 12 ministers can be made in terms of seats. JMM has won 34 seats and Congress has won 16 seats.
That means a total of 4.6 MLAs are required for one post. In this regard, Hemant is staking claim on 7 seats. Last time too, Hemant Soren’s party had won 7 seats. JMM wants to give only 3 seats to Congress.
Hemant Soren’s party says that we had sacrificed for RJD in 2019. This time Congress should sacrifice for Male. Actually, under the formula in 2019, there were 8 cabinet seats in JMM quota and 4 cabinet seats in Congress quota.
JMM had given one berth from its quota to RJD which has one MLA.
Congress seats depend on MLA
It is being said that how many seats Congress will get in Hemant cabinet depends on the decision of the MLA. On 29th November, Male has called a high level meeting in Ranchi. A decision on joining the government is possible in this meeting.
When Nitish and Tejashwi’s government was formed in Bihar in 2022, Male had decided to provide support from outside. If MLA takes a similar decision in Jharkhand, then Congress can get 4 seats in Hemant cabinet.
If ML joins the government, there will be a reduction in Congress seats.
Honorable on visit to Delhi to become minister
To fix their place in Hemant cabinet, Congress MLAs have started touring Delhi. The leaders whose visit to Delhi is in the news include the names of Paudeyahat MLA Pradeep Yadav, Bermo MLA Anup Singh and Bandhu Tirkey.
Bandhu Tirkey is busy advocating for his daughter and Mandar MLA Shilpi Neha Tirkey. Similarly, Pradeep is trying to become a minister on the vacant seat of OBC quota. After the defeat of Banna Gupta from Jamshedpur West seat, the post of OBC quota has become vacant.
Congress eyes on Deputy Speaker
Congress was demanding the post of Deputy CM in Jharkhand cabinet, but Hemant Soren did not accept it either. Now Congress is eyeing the post of Deputy Speaker. There has been no deputy speaker in Jharkhand for a long time.
Congress wants to strengthen the politics of Jharkhand by appointing one of its senior leaders on this post. The post of Deputy Speaker is constitutional and Congress also wants to maintain the balance of power through it. The post of Speaker is with JMM.
In-charge and supervisor stood firm in Ranchi
Congress state in-charge Ghulam Ahmed Mir and observer Tariq Anwar are in Ranchi to solve the cabinet equation. Hemant Soren from JMN’s side and JP Yadav in-charge from RJD’s side are talking.