11-09-2007, 12:06 AM
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--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> Cong ne Jharkhand mein Koda ko jharra.
Perform or exit, Congress tells Koda
Nityanand Shukla | Ranchi
Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda seems to have run afoul of the Congress, which has vented its ire over his style of governance and given him an ultimatum to shape up. "We cannot bear the shortcomings of the Koda Government. Koda should either perform or make way for others," said Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu State Congress president to reporters on Thursday.
He said, "If the Chief Minister finds himself unable to improve the prevailing situation in the State then he should make way for others. The long pending demands including announcement of Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) policy, preparing a draft of the Common Minimum Program (CMP) and other things are yet to be announced."
The Congress is unhappy with the worsening law and order situation, power scenario, and bad road conditions of the State. Businessmen, traders and common people are routinely killed. In the last 15 days, 18 persons were killed in Chilkhari village of Giridih district by Maoist rebels and Sreeleather owner Ashish Dey was killed in Jamshedpur.
"Koda is an independent legislator but we are accountable to the people. The power, road, law and order situation has worsened during Koda's tenure and the Congress will face the ire of the people in the elections," a senior Congress leader said. Congress unhappiness could be known from the State that it boycotted the UPA meeting on Tuesday.
Even Congress president Sonia Gandhi seemed to be unhappy with the performance of the Koda Government. Early this week Koda was in New Delhi and he tried to meet Sonia Gandhi but did not get an audience with the Congress president. Koda, according to sources, wanted to invite Sonia Gandhi for the seventh anniversary of the establishment of the State on November 15.
Even the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), another key ally is unhappy with the State Government. "Ministers and bureaucrats are hampering development work in the State," State UPA convener and JMM chief Shibu Soren said.
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> Cong ne Jharkhand mein Koda ko jharra.Perform or exit, Congress tells Koda
Nityanand Shukla | Ranchi
Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda seems to have run afoul of the Congress, which has vented its ire over his style of governance and given him an ultimatum to shape up. "We cannot bear the shortcomings of the Koda Government. Koda should either perform or make way for others," said Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu State Congress president to reporters on Thursday.
He said, "If the Chief Minister finds himself unable to improve the prevailing situation in the State then he should make way for others. The long pending demands including announcement of Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) policy, preparing a draft of the Common Minimum Program (CMP) and other things are yet to be announced."
The Congress is unhappy with the worsening law and order situation, power scenario, and bad road conditions of the State. Businessmen, traders and common people are routinely killed. In the last 15 days, 18 persons were killed in Chilkhari village of Giridih district by Maoist rebels and Sreeleather owner Ashish Dey was killed in Jamshedpur.
"Koda is an independent legislator but we are accountable to the people. The power, road, law and order situation has worsened during Koda's tenure and the Congress will face the ire of the people in the elections," a senior Congress leader said. Congress unhappiness could be known from the State that it boycotted the UPA meeting on Tuesday.
Even Congress president Sonia Gandhi seemed to be unhappy with the performance of the Koda Government. Early this week Koda was in New Delhi and he tried to meet Sonia Gandhi but did not get an audience with the Congress president. Koda, according to sources, wanted to invite Sonia Gandhi for the seventh anniversary of the establishment of the State on November 15.
Even the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), another key ally is unhappy with the State Government. "Ministers and bureaucrats are hampering development work in the State," State UPA convener and JMM chief Shibu Soren said.