Tamar or Jamtara: Soren caught between devil and deep sea
Vijay Deo Jha Ranchi Sunday, December 7, 2008
Sitting in his party office in the State capital on Saturday, Chief Minister Shibu Soren said: “Both Tamar and Jamtara are my option from where I can contest the election to enter the State Assembly. I will announce my decision any time.”
But sources close to Soren said that it might be his wish to contest election from Jamtara where he is more confident about his victory, but it would be his compulsion to contest from Tamar which he still does not like.
It was for the first time when Soren officially admitted it and tried to clear the mist over his candidature.
But in another way he left his UPA partners to guess about his future move. There was more confusion over his candidature after suspended BJP MLA from Jamtara, Vishnu Bhaiya while offering his seat to Soren handed over his resignation to him on Friday.
Meanwhile in a late evening development Bhaiya is learnt to have met Soren and discussed about his candidature. Bhaiya is still trying to impress upon Soren that Jamtara was a more safe seat for him rather than Tamar.
Soren has been under pressure within the UPA fold to contest the by-election election from Tamar. Trying to reason with him the UPA leadership said to Soren that even when he decided to contest from Jamtara it would take a long time for the notification to be issued by the
Sitting in his party office in the State capital on Saturday, Chief Minister Shibu Soren said: “Both Tamar and Jamtara are my option from where I can contest the election to enter the State Assembly. I will announce my decision any time.”
But sources close to Soren said that it might be his wish to contest election from Jamtara where he is more confident about his victory, but it would be his compulsion to contest from Tamar which he still does not like.
It was for the first time when Soren officially admitted it and tried to clear the mist over his candidature.
But in another way he left his UPA partners to guess about his future move. There was more confusion over his candidature after suspended BJP MLA from Jamtara, Vishnu Bhaiya while offering his seat to Soren handed over his resignation to him on Friday.
Meanwhile in a late evening development Bhaiya is learnt to have met Soren and discussed about his candidature. Bhaiya is still trying to impress upon Soren that Jamtara was a more safe seat for him rather than Tamar.
Soren has been under pressure within the UPA fold to contest the by-election election from Tamar. Trying to reason with him the UPA leadership said to Soren that even when he decided to contest from Jamtara it would take a long time for the notification to be issued by the
Election Commission for conducting by-election in Jamtara.
Soren is learnt to be left with no choice but to test his electoral luck from Tamar as the Congress is in no mood to leave its claim over Jamtara where it lost the last Assembly election by a thin margin.
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