There is a famous saying that a gram alone does not break the bread. Despite the political heat in the state, the initiative of the top leadership of Congress to bet on the old team proves the adage that when Hemant Soren had resigned from the post of Chief Minister, there was a strong possibility that Champai would be in the team of the new Chief Minister. New faces will be included in Soren. Congress.
A dozen MLAs quickly gathered and protested.
Pressure was already being created from the party MLAs regarding this. Even when an initiative was taken to take the MLAs to Hyderabad to keep them united, they were assured that their sentiments would be taken care of. This raised hopes among the MLAs in the race that they would get a chance in the reshuffle, but on Friday there was chaos when three MLAs who were in the old government were called to Raj Bhavan to take oath. There was panic among the MLAs.
The top leadership of Congress thought it better to repeat the old team.
Nearly a dozen MLAs quickly gathered and expressed their protest, but by then it was too late. If such unity had been seen earlier, the situation would have been different. In fact, recently most of the Congress MLAs had lobbied separately to get a place in the cabinet. So the risk was that keeping one or two in Team Champaign would create more problems.
Suspense was maintained till the last minute to avoid any hindrance.
Then the MLAs who were deprived of becoming ministers would have created more ruckus. This is the reason why the top Congress leadership thought it better to repeat the old team. To avoid any hindrance in this regard, suspense was maintained till the last moment.
may still get a chance
The Congress leadership has assured the MLAs that nothing wrong has happened so far. They can decide the name among themselves and take the matter forward. The problem is that the posts are less and the contenders are more. However, dissatisfied MLAs say that they will take initiative for the name, but it is a difficult task.
Baidyanath Ram's name was removed under pressure
It has been decided that JMM MLA Baidyanath Ram from Latehar will become a minister from the party quota. His name was also sent to Raj Bhavan, but at the last moment Congress objected to it. The message was given that the 12th ministerial post is already vacant. Mutual consent is mandatory to take a decision on this. On the objection of Congress, the top leadership of JMM withdrew the proposal.