Hemant Soren agrees to face ED, JMM MLAs asked to stay in Ranchi

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has written a letter to the Enforcement Directorate agreeing to record his statement on January 31 at his residence.

This comes after an ED team visited his Delhi residence in connection with an alleged land scam case.

In the letter, Soren accused the ED of acting with malice and political agenda to disrupt the state government. Meanwhile, all the legislators of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led ruling alliance in Jharkhand have been asked not to leave Ranchi and attend a meeting on January 30.

The meeting, proposed at the CM House, has been called to discuss strategy over the current political situation and the Enforcement Directorate's proposed questioning of Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday, a party official said.

The ruling party legislators had remained at the residence of the chief minister till late night on Monday in the wake of the ED team visiting Soren's residence in Delhi.

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