Discussing forming govt without JMM in Jharkhand: JVM (P)

With Shibu Soren sticking to his stand of chief ministership in return of support, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik on Friday said it has discussed with Congress the issue of forming an alliance government without JMM which was resorting to "politics of conditions".

With Shibu Soren sticking to his stand of chief ministership in return of support, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik on Friday said it has discussed with Congress the issue of forming an alliance government without JMM which was resorting to "politics of conditions".

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The JVM (P), which has 11 seats, has left the issue of deciding the leader of the alliance government in the state to Congress, which it said was the bigger party in the tie-up.

"One thing is clear that JMM wants to do politics of conditions and we are not ready to accept any condition...we held meeting with Congress in Delhi and discussed the situation. Talks were held about possibilities of forming government without JMM in Jharkhand," Parveen Singh, the general secretary of the party led by Babulal Marandi, told reporters.

Singh met Congress President Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel, AICC in-charge of Jharkhand K Keshav Rao and Congress leader from Jharkhand and Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay since last night and discussed the issue.

When asked whether it will be acceptable to JVM (P) if Congress decides to name one of its leaders for chief ministership, Singh said, "Naturally, we have an alliance and if Congress announces any of its leaders as CM, we won't have any objection".

However, he maintained that a "tribal CM" would only be suitable for the state given the "present scenario" there. It will not be appropriate to do any new "experiment" in the interest of Jharkhand, Singh said.