Dec 28,2024: In a grand event, Hemant Soren on Thursday (November 28, 2024) was sworn in as 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand at Morabadi Ground in Ranchi.
Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Soren.
Swearing-in ceremony took place in the presence of top leaders of INDIA bloc including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal and his wife Sunita Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.
He took oath as Chief Minister for the fourth term and with this, Mr. Soren is the only leader to win the term for the second time in succession.
Mr. Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on January 31, 2024, followed by resignation and Champai Soren, now with the BJP, was made the Chief Minister. He later won the legal battle and Jharkhand High Court granted him bail on June 28, 2024 and came out of jail.
After his release from the jail, he was sworn as Jharkhand Chief Minister for the third term on July 4, 2024 and INDIA bloc emerged victorious by winning a whopping 56 out of 81 assembly seats in recently concluded assembly election.
Mr. Soren inherited politics after the death of Shibu Soren’s elder son Durga Soren and played a pivotal role in Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). For sometime, he was also a Rajya Sabha member and Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand during the coalition government of Arjun Munda.
He took charge as Chief Minister for the first time 2013 with the help of Congress, RJD and others. He became MLA for the second time from Barhait assembly of Santhal Pargana region. In the 2014 assembly elections, JMM became the second largest party and Mr. Soren was made the leader of the opposition.
After the results of the Assembly elections held in 2019, Mr. Soren on December 29, 2019 took oath as the Chief Minister of the state for the second time.
Except Mr. Soren no other minister took oath, however as per the informed sources the said that formula has already been discussed in which JMM will get 6 ministerial berths, Congress 4 and RJD 1. CPI(ML)L may not opt to be the part of the cabinet like in the previous government.
