Soren set to become CM of Jharkhand for third time

As JMM supremo Sibu Soren is set to become the Chief Minister of Jharkhand in alliance with BJP and AJSU after staking his claim before the Governor, he lured BJP to support him to form the new government. Since the state of Jharkhand was created nine years ago, it has seen five chief ministers and the government has always been instable. Instability and corruption have also been the bane of Jharkhand. This time also, the state has thrown up a hung assembly as no political party or alliance has got majority. Corruption tainted former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Madhu Koda has already hogged the national dailies for many days and now he has been cooling his heels in jail for his involvement in multi-crore scandal. Madhu Koda being an Independent MLA became the Chief Minister of Jharkhand only because of the hung assembly, and he allegedly involved in one of the biggest scandals in the country. The state of Jharkhand is in urgent need of stability, credible and corruption free government. Though presently the CM in-waiting Sibu Soren has been absolved of all charges against him in Chirudih murder , Shasinath Jha murder case and JMM bribery scandal, he is also not a clean slate nor is his past record as CM is bright. BJP has supported JMM supremo Sibu Soren to form the new government only to come out of the demorlised situation since it was humbled in the last Lok Sabha elections. But being the national opposition party, it has also responsibility to provide stability and corruption free government to Jharkhand.Jharkhand Governor K Sankaranarayanan has asked JMM chief Shibu Soren to produce a list of MLAs supporting him as BJP gave enough indications of backing his claim to form a government. In the 81-member Assembly, JMM and BJP have 18 MLAs each, while JD(U), an ally of BJP, has 2 MLAs and All Jharkhand Students Union five - adding to 43.Congress was also exploring options of forming a government in the state, where the assembly elections threw up a hung house and holding talks with the All Jharkhand Students Union.The greater responsibility lies on the two national political parties -Congress and BJP to ensure that Jharkhand gets clean and stable government. BJP has moved forward to do its job by giving support to Soren to form government. The alliance between JMM, BJP and AJSU is expected to provide a stable government.But as far as the corruption free dispensation is concerned under Soren, there is scepticism in the minds of the people. Being the alliance partner of JMM in government, BJP will also have to be responsible ensure that Jharkhand gets a clean government.