The political crisis in Jharkhand has deepen Monday as the state cabinet recommended to dissolve the assembly as government has come in the minority after Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) withdrew support from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led Arjun Munda government.
The Jharkhand Cabinet decided to dissolution of assembly in a meeting held on 07 January 2013 in which ministers from the BJP, All Jharkhand Students Union and Janata Dal-United participated.
JMM ministers did not attend the meeting, said the official in the chief minister's office.
The decision of the Cabinet was faxed to Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmad on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Arjun Munda is expected to meet the Governor shortly.
The legislators of the JMM are also slated to meet Governor Syed Ahmad Tuesday to formally withdraw support to the BJP-led government in the state.
Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) withdrew support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Arjun Munda Government on Monday evening.
The withdrawal of support Monday has reduced the state government to a minority in the 82-member assembly.
Relations between JMM and BJP have been strained ever since Chief Minister Arjun Munda denied there was an agreement between the two parties on sharing the chief minister's post.
The JMM supremo who wanted the BJP to hand over the power to his political outfit, has called for an immediate change in the leadership.
Soren had earlier threatened the BJP that his political outfit would walk out of the alliance if the chief minister's post is not handed over to the JMM as a part of the deal under which the two parties had agreed to share it for 28 months each.
The BJP had, however, had downplayed Soren's threat to withdraw support to the Arjun Munda-led coalition government in Jharkhand on Monday, saying it is the democratic process that matters and no compromise will be made with principles and promises.
Both the JMM and the BJP have 18 MLAs each in the 82-member Jharkhand Assembly.
If the JMM withdraws its support, the Munda government will fall. Munda, whose 28-month tenure ends on January 10, had last week said he had in writing rejected the JMM's claim that there was a power sharing deal between the two parties and that the latter has to take a decision keeping the stability of the government in mind.
--With Agencies Inputs--
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