Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren To Resign At 4 PM
Jharkhand former chief minister Hemant Soren will resign from the post today at 4 pm. He will tender resignation at Raj Bhavan in Ranchi and stake the claim to form the government again in Jharkhand.
Hemant Soren led JMM had steered INDIA bloc to victory by clinching 56 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly. Its allies Congress and RJD secured 16 and 4 seats respectively, propelling the alliance past the majority mark of 41 in the 81-seated Assembly.
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Hemant Soren is set to be sworn into the office for the fourth time. Top leaders of the INDIA bloc, including Rahul Gandhi, and Arvind Kejriwal, are likely to participate in the swearing-in ceremony.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav have also been invited to the event, sources said.
It is to be noted that Hemant Soren steered the alliance, which was under the heat due to allegations of corruption and appeasement politics in the run-up to the polls, to a massive victory. The ruling INDIA bloc came back into power by crushing BJP’s hope of return as the saffron party had put in their effort to consolidate the Hindu votes with steered the alliance, which was under the heat due to allegations of corruption and appeasement politics in the run-up to the polls, to a massive victory.
As per the sources, in the Soren’s cabinet, six MLAs from the Congress and four from the RJD are likely to join. Hemant Soren is expected to take oath as the chief minister of Jharkhand for the fourth time on November 26. “We have passed the exam of democracy in Jharkhand,” he said of the JMM-led coalition’s poll performance at a press conference on Saturday.
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Earlier in 2024, Hemant Soren resigned as chief minister and was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate over allegations of corruption linked to mining leases. After spending a few months in prison, he was granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court.
