Sources said the state is likely to come under another spell of central rule as no party or combination of parties is in a position to form a government in the wake of fall of the BJP-led coalition.
The home ministry has prepared a note on the basis of the report sent by Governor Syed Ahmed that will be placed before the Cabinet on Thursday, the sources said. After Cabinet gives its nod it will be sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent.
Governor Ahmed has recommended President's rule in the state while keeping the assembly under suspended animation. The recommendation was made in his second report to the Centre on the political situation in the wake of the resignation of CM Arjun Munda who also sought dissolution of the assembly after JMM withdrew support to his government.
The Cabinet will discuss the Governor's report as well as the home ministry note on the Jharkhand situation before taking next course of action, the sources said.
Jharkhand, which was created in 2000, has been placed under President's rule twice in the past. The present political instability erupted on January 8, when BJP's ruling coalition partner JMM, in a letter to the governor, formally withdrew its support to the 28-month-old government reducing it into a minority.
In the 82-member state assembly, BJP and JMM have 18 members each. The Munda government had the support of six members of the All Jharkhand Students' Union, two of JD (U), two independents and one nominated member who has voting right in a trial of strength.
Opposition Congress has 13 members, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) 11 and RJD (5) in the assembly. CPI-ML(L), Marxist Coordination Party, Jharkhand Party (Ekka), Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch and Jai Bharat Samta Party have one member each besides an independent.
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