Ranchi, Dec 23 (IANS) Jharkhand was Wednesday headed towards political uncertainty with a messy, fractured electoral verdict that gave no clear leads to any grouping. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) was pitchforked into the role of kingmaker in the 81-member assembly.

The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliances were virtually neck-and-neck and the JMM followed close behind, making a hung assembly inevitable.

According to the latest trends available for the 81 seats, for which counting was on, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had won five seats and was ahead in 17. The Congress had won three and was leading in 11 constituencies. Its partner, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik, bagged one and was leading in nine seats.

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New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday accused the government of playing with the sensitivities of people on the Telangana issue and reiterated its demand for a roadmap on the creation of the separate state.

What is happening in Andhra Pradesh is a matter of anguish. The government of India has complicated the issue. The state is in turmoil, students are on strike. More than 130 MLAs seem to have resigned. The assembly was not able to function and was adjourned sine die, BJP MP M. Venkaiah Naidu said while raising the issue during zero hour in the Rajya Sabha.

The government is playing with the sensitivities of the people. The government of India has behaved in a most irresponsible and immature manner. This is not the way to deal with the situation. I want the government to come out with a roadmap (on the Telangana issue), he added.

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New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday accused the government of playing with the sensitivities of people on the Telangana issue and reiterated its demand for a roadmap on the creation of the separate state.

What is happening in Andhra Pradesh is a matter of anguish. The government of India has complicated the issue. The state is in turmoil, students are on strike. More than 130 MLAs seem to have resigned. The assembly was not able to function and was adjourned sine die, BJP MP M. Venkaiah Naidu said while raising the issue during zero hour in the Rajya Sabha.

The government is playing with the sensitivities of the people. The government of India has behaved in a most irresponsible and immature manner. This is not the way to deal with the situation. I want the government to come out with a roadmap (on the Telangana issue), he added.

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By Syed Zarir Hussain

Guwahati, Dec 11 (IANS) Spurred by New Delhi’s attempt at granting a separate Telangana state, several ethnic groups in Assam have raised the banner of revolt with demands for separate states to be carved out of the region.

Among the prominent groups that have already raised the issue of separate statehood are the Bodos, the Karbis, and the Dimasa tribes in Assam.

The first to raise the issue is the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), an ally of the ruling Congress party in Assam.

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Hyderabad, Dec 11 (IANS) As many as 102 members of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly have submitted their resignations to the speaker to protest the proposed bifurcation of the state.

Speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy told reporters Friday that 102 legislators of the total 294 legislators had submitted their resignations to him since Thursday.

I have not accepted their resignations and will take a decision after talking to them individually, he said.

A total of 57 legislators of the ruling Congress party, 32 of the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and 13 of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) have submitted their resignations.

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Hyderabad, Dec 9 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh assembly was adjourned without any business being transacted for the second day Wednesday with Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) legislators demanding a resolution on a separate state of Telangana as their chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao’s fast-unto-death entered the 11th day.

Speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy adjourned the house thrice, the third time for the day, as the TRS legislators stuck to their demand that the house pass a resolution or immediately take up discussion on the issue.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) backed the TRS demand. The Congress government, however, said the debate would be taken up on Friday.

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