Ranchi, September 14: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda today won the floor test by 15 votes in the 81-member Assembly, a week after he staked claim to head a BJP-led four-party alliance.
Munda received 45 votes in support and 30 against, while five MLAs abstained at a specially convened one day session of the House at the direction of Governor M O H Farook.
Five MLAs — Enos Ekka (Jharkhand Party), Harinarain Rai (IND), Bandhu Tirkey (Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch), Arup Chatterjee (Marxist Coordination Committee) and Yogendra Sao (Congress) — abstained from the voting.
Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren moved the confidence motion on behalf of the BJP-led coalition which assumed office on September 11, ending the President’s rule imposed on June 1.
–Agencies