Section 144 imposed near Jharkhand assembly building ahead of special session

In view of the upcoming special session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly the Ranchi district administration has imposed Section 144 of CrPC within a 100meter radius of the Jharkhand assembly building reported news agency ANIAs per an official order restrictions will be imposed from Monday at 800 am until Tuesday at 1000 pm reported ANIAs per district administration officials the directives prohibit any form of procession rally demonstration or encroachment in the specified area the circular stated reported ANIThe order prohibits the gathering of five or more individuals except for government officials employees engaged in official duties and participants in judicial and religious activities reported ANIThe directive explicitly restricts the carrying or brandishing of any kind of weapons including firearms ammunition or any other arms It further prohibits the display or use of items such as sticks rods bows and arrows and other traditional weaponsThe order emphasizes the importance of maintaining public peace and tranquillity during the legislative session reported ANIThese stringent measures come into force as part of the security arrangements to ensure the smooth conduct of the special session and to prevent any untoward incidents in the new Jharkhand Assembly building reported ANIThe twoday Assembly Session will begin on MondayThe Champai Soren government in Jharkhand will seek a vote of confidence on Monday the first day of the twoday assembly sessionThe MLAs of the ruling JMMled alliance exuded confidence of winning the floor test while the opposition BJP asserted that the coalition would be defeatedA video released by the coalition last week had claimed that it has the support of 43 legislatorsThe alliance among the JMM Congress and the RJD has 47 MLAs and it is supported from outside by a lone CPIMLL legislatorThe MLAs of the ruling alliance also exuded confidence to win the trust vote in the assembly soon after their return to Ranchi from Hyderabad on Sunday eveningAbout 38 legislators had gone to Hyderabad the capital of Congressruled Telangana in two flights on February 2 amid the coalitions fears that the BJP might attempt to poach them in the runup to the trust voteJMM legislature party leader Champai Soren took oath as the chief minister of Jharkhand on February 2 after his predecessor Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate last week in a money laundering caseA special PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act court has allowed him to participate in the trust voteHemant Soren was remanded to ED custody for five days by the court on February 2With inputs ANI and PTI