Golf resort near Raipur turns into fortress as Jharkhand MLAs check-in

Away from the bustling crowds of Raipur city the Mayfair Golf Resort where MLAs of the ruling UPA coalition in Jharkhand are sequestered has turned into a fortress with police personnel deployed everywhereThe JMMCongressRJD coalition in Jharkhand on Tuesday flew its 32 MLAs to Raipur to prevent the BJPs alleged attempts to poach its legislatorsThe MLAs 15 from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and 17 from Congress accompanied by senior Chhattisgarh Congress leaders Ramgopal Agrawal and Girish Dewangan travelled in three buses to the luxurious resort located in Nava RaipurAlso Read BCCI is a shop provisions of ESI Act applicable Supreme CourtWhile mediapersons are camping in the area in scorching heat in their quest for news and visuals their entry is strictly barred insideAll 40odd rooms at the resort have been booked for the guests from Jharkhand for the next two days Congress sources saidA video of an SUV with Chhattisgarh government on duty written on it and carrying liquor bottles allegedly towards the resort went viral during the day with opposition BJP slamming the Congress government in the state over itChhattisgarh is not a den of indulgence where you are serving liquor and chicken to Jharkhand MLAs from the money of the people of Chhattisgarh After Assam and Haryana MLAs of Jharkhand are stationed here Chhattisgarh Mahtari Mother Chhattisgarh will never forgive you for this immoral act BJP vice president and former chief minister Raman Singh tweeted in HindiSingh also posted the videoHead of the state Congress communication wing Sushil Anand Shukla questioned the authenticity of the video and said his party or the government had nothing to do with itJharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren did not accompany the UPA MLAs to Raipur but some senior JMM leaders are with them said local Congress sourcesThe tariff at the Mayfair Golf Resort was not available online but the Mayfair Lake resort adjacent to it offers a room with a discount starting at Rs 4200 per day an employee of a nearby hotel saidThe sprawling golf resort is spread over 100 acres of land he addedEarlier in June this year amid fears of crossvoting in June 10 Rajya Sabha Polls the main opposition Congress in Haryana had shifted its MLAs to the same resortBefore that candidates of Bodoland Peoples Front BPF an ally in the Congressled grand alliance during the last years Assam Assembly polls had been brought to Raipur in April 2021 ahead of counting of votes and stationed on the same premisesThe ruling UPA coalition has 49 MLAs in the 81member Jharkhand AssemblySorens JMM believes that the BJP may make a serious attempt to poach MLAs from it and from Congress in a bid to topple the governmentFollowing a petition by the BJP seeking Sorens disqualification from the Assembly in an office of profit case the Election Commission sent its decision to state Governor Ramesh Bais on August 25Though the ECs decision is not yet made public there was a buzz that the poll panel had recommended the chief ministers disqualification as an MLAThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever