JMM, MIM pledge support for UPA
Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 11:07 am Under India News 9 views
Ending the suspense over its stand on the July 22 trust vote, the JMM with five MPs today (July 20) announced support to the UPA government, apparently after clinching a deal with the Congress for return of its chief Shibu Soren to the Union Cabinet.
“All the five MPs of the party will vote in favour of the UPA Government during the trust vote,” Soren told reporters after a meeting with UPA Chairperson and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi. Soren said he would return to the Union Cabinet as Coal Minister and his party has been promised a Minister of State berth also.
However, he refused to name who will be nominated as the Minister of the State. The JMM chief said he has no objection of getting the cabinet berth after the trust vote. “However, if it is possible it should come before the vote.”
“The Congress chief considered the issues that we put before her. We are with the government and vote fore it,” Soren added. When asked whether the door of NDA have been shut for him, Soren said, “it is natural as talks were already finalised with UPA.”
“JMM is a secular party so we have allied with a secular alliance, all our grievances have been shorted out,” said Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Sudhir Mahto, who accompanied Soren during his meeting with Gandhi.
“All talks of split in the party should come to an end now. We are united and we have proved that today. The party has unanimously taken the decision to support the UPA government,” said Suman Mahto, a party MP.
The Deputy Chief Minister said the party has presented a 13-point demand list to the Congress President which included demand of shifting the headquarters of Coal India Ltd and Damodar Valley Corporation from West Bengal to Jharkhand.
The party has also repeated its old demand of expanding the state into Greater Jharkhand by including three districts each from West Bengal and Orissa. Apart from it, they have also demanded a package of Rs 5,000 crore for the development of the state. The party has also urged the Centre to accord ST status to the tea tribes of Assam.
Lone MP of MIM to vote for UPA
The lone MP of Majlis-e Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) today said he would vote in favour of UPA government during the trial of strength in Lok Sabha on July 22. “Our basic aim is to stop the BJP from coming to power,” Asaduddin Owaisi told. MIM is a constituent of the UPA but Owaisi had been holding his cards close to his chest.
Owaisi said the stand has been taken after going into all aspects of the Indo-US nuclear deal “which is in no way against a particular community”. “Some parties are trying to bring division between Muslims and other communities on the issue, which is not acceptable,” he said.
Dayanidhi Maran to vote with DMK
In what will be more relief for the UPA government, abiding with the party’s decision to support the UPA, Dayanidhi Maran today (July 20) said that he will vote with DMK in support of the government. “I will abide by the decision of the party on whose ticket I was elected to Lok Sabha,” says Maran at a press conference in Chennai.(More)
There have been reasons for speculation that I may go against the party line. “Even though I have been treated shabbily and my relatives harassed, I have decided I will vote in favour of the confidence motion and support of the Manmohan Singh government in the Lok Sabha,” Maran says.
(With inputs from PTI)
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