Morning Digest | Suspense in Jharkhand as CM Soren may face disqualification; India’s vote to allow Zelensky speech was not against Russia, says MEA, and more

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Suspense in Jharkhand as Chief Minister Hemant Soren may face disqualification

Hemant Soren’s continuation as Jharkhand Chief Minister remained uncertain on Thursday as the Election Commission of India (ECI) is understood to have conveyed its decision in the office-of-profit allegation against him to Governor Ramesh Bais.

While the Governor, who returned from Delhi, did not immediately summon the Chief Minister, State BJP leaders claimed that Mr. Soren’s disqualification as an MLA has been recommended by the ECI.

India’s vote to allow Zelensky speech was not against Russia, says MEA

India on Thursday denied that it had voted “against Russia”, at the U.N. Security Council during a procedural vote on whether to allow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address the Council virtually during a debate on the Ukrainian situation on August 24.

Schedule to elect Congress chief likely on August 28

Amid reports that the polls to elect a new Congress president could be put off for some time, senior party sources on Thursday said that the Congress Working Committee (CWC) would come out with a precise election schedule on August 28.