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The MLAs of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition in Jharkhand on Tuesday arrived in Raipur by a chartered flight in a bid to thwart the Bharatiya Janata Party’s possible attempt to poach them, and moved into a nearby luxurious resort.
As per ANI report, The flight carrying about 40 MLAs took off from the Ranchi airport shortly after 4.30 pm and arrived at Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur, the capital of the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh, around 5:30 pm.
No unforeseen incident is going to take place. We are ready for everything, the situation is under our control. I will let you know if I will also go with the MLAs, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren told ANI
The ruling UPA coalition has 49 MLAs in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly. Security was tightened around the resort and media-persons were not allowed inside.
News channels showed a convoy of vehicles of VIPs and police entering the resort ahead of the arrival of the Jharkhand MLAs.
Some senior state Congress leaders too were reported to have reached there to welcome the MLAs. This is for the third time in the last one-and-a-half years that MLAs of Congress and its allies have been shifted to Raipur amid fears of poaching by the BJP.
In June, fearing cross-voting in Rajya Sabha election, the main opposition Congress in Haryana had shifted its MLAs to Raipur to protect them from alleged poaching bid.
