Last Updated: August 31, 2022, 07:08 IST
Jharkhand UPA MLAs arrive at Raipur airport from Ranchi. (Photo: ANI)
The flight carrying the MLAs took off from the Ranchi airport shortly after 4.30 pm and arrived in Raipur, the capital of the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh, around 5:30 pm on Tuesday
In a bid to dodge possible poaching attempts, as many 32 MLAs of the ruling UPA coalition in Jharkhand on Tuesday flew down to Raipur by a chartered flight from Ranchi and then checked-in to a nearby resort amid tight security.
A few more MLAs from JMM are reportedly expected to follow over the next few days to join the 17 Congress MLAs and 15 JMM legislators to the ‘safe haven’ at Mayfair Resort, some 10 km from the capital of Chhattisgarh, sources in UPA said.
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA), comprising of the JMM, Congress and RJD in Jharkhand has 49 MLAs in the 81-member Assembly and is supported from outside by the lone CPIML (L) legislator.
The flight carrying the MLAs took off from the Ranchi airport shortly after 4.30 pm and arrived in Raipur, the capital of the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh, around 5:30 pm. A total of 41 persons, including 32 MLAs, landed at Swami Vivekananda Airport and three buses took them from the airport to the Mayfair resort in Nava Raipur, said a local Congress leader.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren who came to see off his colleagues remained behind to run his government. Chhattisgarh Congress leaders Ramgopal Agrawal and Girish Dewangan also travelled to the resort with the Jharkhand MLAs. The buses were escorted by pilot vehicles.
Security has been beefed up around the resort with media was being not allowed inside. Visuals of convoy of vehicles of VIPs and police entering the resort ahead of the arrival of the Jharkhand MLAs surfaced.
(With PTI inputs)
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