09-14-2006, 02:22 PM
<b>Madhu Koda to be next Jharkhand Chief Minister</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda resigned on Thursday to avoid a defeat in the assembly, paving the way for a United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to be led by his former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) colleague Madhu Koda.
While Munda submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Sibte Razi, ending the 18-month National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, a triumphant UPA met to choose the new chief minister.
<b>The consensus candidate was independent legislator Koda, who was mines and parliamentary affairs minister in Munda's government and the man who took the initiative in toppling it.</b>
<b>Congress chief Sonia Gandhi gave her nod to the decision from New Delhi</b>
All the legislators of the NDA and UPA were in place when Munda began speaking in Hindi. The lines in the 82-member house were clearly divided between 43 MLAs of UPA and 38 of NDA (excluding the speaker).
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Now how long UPA will last in Jharkhand? New CM is ex BJP.
While Munda submitted his resignation to Governor Syed Sibte Razi, ending the 18-month National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, a triumphant UPA met to choose the new chief minister.
<b>The consensus candidate was independent legislator Koda, who was mines and parliamentary affairs minister in Munda's government and the man who took the initiative in toppling it.</b>
<b>Congress chief Sonia Gandhi gave her nod to the decision from New Delhi</b>
All the legislators of the NDA and UPA were in place when Munda began speaking in Hindi. The lines in the 82-member house were clearly divided between 43 MLAs of UPA and 38 of NDA (excluding the speaker).
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Now how long UPA will last in Jharkhand? New CM is ex BJP.