Ranchi, Dec 26 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Shibu Soren Saturday staked claim to form a new government in Jharkhand. He handed over to the governor a list of 43 legislators supporting him in the 81-member assembly.
Soren met Governor K. Shankaranaryan at the governor's house at 3 p.m.
The JMM, which won 18 seats in the recently-concluded assembly poll, has got the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the All Jharkhand Students Union to form the government.