On corruption front, the ED froze former chief minister Madhu Koda's bank accounts. Koda's former cabinet colleague, Anosh Ekka, was arrested in connection with the murder of a teacher.
Pursuing with the 2013 Patna bomb blast and Bardhaman blast cases, the National Investigation Agency raided at places located in Ranchi and Pakur.
The fragile nature of coalition governments, in which multiple parties join them, had been evident when former Chief Minister Hemant Soren dropped three ministers for dissent.
At least 16 MLAs quit ahead of the assembly polls to join one or the other party in the hope of retaining seats. But several of them failed in their “opportunistic objective” as interpreted by some of the senior political leaders.
The assembly elections saw the defeat of former chief ministers Babulal Marandi, Arjun Munda, Madhu Koda and Hemant Soren - though Soren won Barhait he lost his home turf Dumka - and nine incumbent ministers.
Ex-Assembly Speaker Shashank Sekhar Bhokta also lost the electoral battle while in office.
