New Delhi, May 24
With the BJP having finally withdrawn support to the five-month-old Shibu Soren government in Jharkhand, the Congress appeared to be getting into the act, and ready to provide the “alternative.”

State BJP president and Deputy Chief Minister Raghubar Das called upon Governor MOH Farook at the Ranchi Raj Bhawan this forenoon and handed over withdrawal letter reducing the Soren’s government to a minority.

The decision to hand over the withdrawal letter was taken last night, said Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitely today, after Soren announced that he would continue to remain the Chief Minister and his son Hemant Soren also said they were in touch with both the BJP and Congress.

Once Soren made his intentions clear on May 22, it was only a matter of time for the red-faced BJP to follow up its threat with the necessary action.

Meanwhile, the Congress, which has 14 members in the Jharkhand Assembly, seems to be getting ready to get into the act. AICC in charge of Jharkhand K Kesava Rao today said: “We are watching the developments. We are putting our minds together to save Jharkhand from collapse.”

He declared that the party might decide the next course of action within the next two days and said it would “discuss the Jharkhand issue from all angles.”