Due to the Jharkhand issue, the Congress and other opposition parties leave the Rajya Sabha

Mallikharjun Kharge, the president of the Congress and Leader of the Opposition in the House, compared the events in neighboring Bihar a week ago, when Nitish Kumar resigned as chief minister and his resignation was accepted right away

New Delhi: After JMM leader Hemant Soren resigned as chief minister, opposition parties led by the Congress left the Rajya Sabha on Friday due to the governor of Jharkhand’s failure to establish temporary arrangements for the state’s governance.

Mallikharjun Kharge, the leader of the opposition in the House and president of the Congress, drew comparisons with events that occurred in neighboring Bihar a week ago, where Nitish Kumar resigned as chief minister, had his resignation accepted right away, was asked to stay in office until a new government was formed, and was again sworn in as chief minister—all within the span of 12 hours.

However, he claimed that when Mr. Soren resigned on Wednesday, no temporary replacement was found in Jharkhand.

Following Mr. Soren’s resignation, the name of his replacement was announced along with the signatures of 43 pro-transfer MLAs in an assembly of 81 members, Mr. Kharge said. He also mentioned that four other MLAs who supported the transfer were not in the state and could not sign the documents.

“He (Governor C P Radhakrishnan) did not make any arrangement (after Soren resigned),” he stated.

According to Mr. Kharge, the governor makes temporary arrangements to allow the resigning chief minister or another person to continue until other arrangements are established. The Constitution calls for a government to be in place in the case of a chief minister’s departure.

The governor announced that he is calling for a vote of confidence and that the party with the majority of MLAs’ backing should establish government.

After waiting for about twenty hours, the newly elected head of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Champai Soren, received an invitation to meet with the governor, according to the Congress leader. However, despite receiving letters of support, Soren was not asked to form government. He stated that the new chief minister is only taking the oath of office today, on Friday.

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Saying, “Please, how the Constitution is being shredded to pieces,” he continued discussing what had transpired in Bihar following the resignation of JD(U) chief minister Nitish Kumar.

“Why did such a thing (as had happened in Bihar) not happen in Jharkhand?” Mr Kharge enquired. He questioned, “Why not in Jharkhand if resignation, acceptance of letters of support, and swearing-in can all happen in 12 hours in Bihar?”

“This is disgusting,” he murmured.

The Leader of the House and Union Minister Piyush Goyal objected to Mr. Kharge’s remarks, claiming that Jharkhand had seen a massive land scam that resulted in Soren’s departure.

“The extent of widespread corruption has been proven, including the chief minister’s involvement in the land fraud. The Congress is standing with that chief minister in spite of this. Regarding the actions of that chief minister, nothing is known. It doesn’t discuss corruption. This merely serves to highlight the fact that corruption is ingrained in the Congress. He replied, “Congress tolerates corruption.”

According to Mr. Goyal, the House cannot debate the governor’s actions.

He defended the governor’s conduct, stating that before asking someone to form the government, the governor must ensure that he has the support.

Nonetheless, the Congress and other opposition parties persisted in questioning why the state became headless and no temporary solution was found, requesting that Mr. Soren stay on or that a different person be appointed interim chief minister until a cabinet was established.

At that point, they left the House.

According to BRS member K Keshava Rao, the Constitution mandates the existence of a government at all times. “Government has to be headed by a chief minister, whether the chief minister is that man or this man, we are not bothered,” he stated. “This country has to run through the Constitution,” added Mr. Rao.

In response, the treasury benches persisted in bringing up the alleged remarks made by D K Suresh, a Congress MP and the brother of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who suggested that the southern states should become their own nation because the taxes that were being collected from them were being distributed to the northern states, leaving them without their just compensation.

While the Congress objected to the debate of Suresh’s statement on the technical grounds that a Lok Sabha MP’s behavior could not be examined in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that the Congress was bringing up the governor’s behavior, “who knows his position.” “Walk out is in favour of corruption,” she stated.