Hemant Soren allowed to participate in Jharkhand floor test on February 5

• Special court permits Hemant Soren to participate in Jharkhand floor test on February 5
• Enforcement Directorate opposes the plea, claiming the arrest was intended to destabilize the government
• Advocate General Rajiv Ranjan alleges malafide intent, stating the arrest was orchestrated to manipulate the floor test process

In a significant development, a special court in Ranchi granted permission to former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to partake in the floor test scheduled for February 5. The court's decision comes in the face of opposition from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which vehemently objected to Soren's plea, asserting that the arrest was orchestrated with the ulterior motive of destabilizing the government. Advocate General Rajiv Ranjan revealed that the ED's opposition revealed the true intention behind Hemant Soren's arrest, alleging a malafide exercise aimed at preventing one MLA from participating in the floor test, thereby attempting to bring down the government.

"Now the cat is out of the bag. The purpose of arresting Hemant Soren was to bring down the government by not allowing one MLA to participate in the floor test voting. The entire exercise is malafide which has been our stand from the very beginning," the advocate general Rajiv Ranjan said.