Newly elected BJP MLAs met today to decide on supporting JMM chief Shibu Soren as the new Chief Minister.
JMM Vice-President Hemlal Murmu yesterday claimed that the BJP and AJSU have agreed to support Soren.
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.
Two senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh and Anant Kumar attended the BJP legislature party meeting.
Congress has made it clear that it was not in a hurry to initiate talks for government formation in Jharkhand and would do so without any preconditions. While Congress has 14 seats, its ally Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik has 11 MLAs.
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