Soren and Marandi vying for CM's chair

Jharkhand assembly election results have yet again thrown a hung assembly with Sibu Soren’s JMM emerging as the sigle largest party and Congress-Babulal Marandi as the single largest alliance in the house strength of 81. Both Sibu Soren and Babulal Marandi comes from Santhal region and both are arch rivals in state politics of Jharkhand. Sibu Soren alias Guruji is an old veteran JMM boss and adept in cobbling up support for government formation and he is better placed with tribal population of the state. He has declared that he wants to be king himself, and not the king maker. It makes his intention amply clear. While Babulal Marandi is much junior to him in state politics and has formed his own political outfit after breaking with the BJP. He is said to have built his political career on association with BJP’s doting parent the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS), though now he professes belief in secular principle and has alliance with Congress. Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD has also secured 8 seats in the House of 81 and he advocates of forming the secular government. Congress-JVM alliance has won 25 assembly seats and with the support of Lalu and Independents who have won considerable number of seats, there might be possibility of forming the secular government under the leadership of JVM boss Babulal Marandi.If that is a possibility, this will be the second stint of Babula Marandi as the Chief Minister of Jharrkhand. He became the Chief Minister in the BJP-led government for the first time after Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar. It was also a coalition government. The unfortunate thing in Jharkhand is that the stability has always eluded it since it was formed 9 years ago. Given the hung assembly, Sibu Soren with 18 MLAs is adamant on becoming the Chief Minister by either aligning with Congress or with BJP alliance which has won 23 assembly seats. He has no reservation in aligning with the BJP for becoming third time lucky as the Chief Minister.As Jharkhand is the richest in mineral resources state of the country, a stable government is needed for the development of the country as well as the state. So if Sibu Soren becomes able to form government with the support of BJP this time, it is expected to last its term.As far as the aspiration of the original inhabitants- the tribals- is concerned, Sibu Soren is best suited. It will also be his last term to lead the state. Because now he is more concerned with the political future of his son than of his own. As he is adamant on getting the Chair of Chief Minister, the Congress-led UPA can not accomodate him in Union Cabinet to barter for CM’s chair. That is why BJP is likely to extend support to Soren to form the government. Whichever groups form the government, they provide stability to it in the interest of the state.