Cabinet recommends lifting Prez Rule in Jharkhand

New Delhi, Dec 29 (PTI) Indian Cabinet Tuesday
recommended lifting of President's Rule in India's eastern
state of Jharkhand to pave the way for formation of a new
government there Wednesday.

The Home Ministry's note was placed before the Cabinet
meeting chaired by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who
approved it, official sources said.
The Cabinet recommendation will now go to President
Pratibha Patil who will issue orders for lifting of the
central rule imposed on January 19 this year.
This was necessitated following invitation by Governor K
Sankaranaryanan to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo Shibu
Soren to take oath as Chief Minister Wednesday.
The President cut short her visit to southern states
apparently due to unrest in Hyderabad over the Telangana issue
and returned to the national capital Tuesday.
Rashtrapati Bhavan officials had said the departure of
the President to Hyderabad has been deferred as she would like
to be in Delhi at the time when President's Rule in Jharkhand
is revoked to facilitate installation of a government there.
65-year-old Soren, who will become chief minister for
the third time, will head a coalition that includes the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The new Soren government, which
is taking the BJP support for the first time, will be the
seventh coalition set-up in the mineral-rich state since its
creation in November 2000.
The JMM-led coalition has a support of 44 Members of
Legislative Assembly in the 81-member Assembly. PTI ACB
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