Curated by: Rajeev Bhatt
Visual Courtesy: PRD Jharkhand
Jharkhand Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered oath of secrecy to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader, Hemant Soren as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand for the 4th time in a grand ceremony attended by top leaders of the INDIA bloc at Morabadi ground in Ranchi, the state capital on November 28, 2024. Hemant was seen seated with his wife and MLA, Kalpana Soren, his parents, Shibu Soren, founder of JMM and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand and Roopi Soren during the ceremony.
Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav attended the event.
Forty-nine-year-old Hemant Soren started his political career with a short stint in Rajya Sabha before becoming an MLA in 2009. He served as Deputy Chief Minister from 2010 to 2013 when JMM was in an alliance with the BJP and Arjun Munda was Chief Minister. Later in 2013, he became Chief Minister with the JMM tying up with the Congress and RJD.
In the 2014 state election, the BJP came to power and Mr Soren took over as Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. The JMM-Congress alliance won the 2019 Assembly election and Mr Soren started his second stint as Chief Minister.
In the state polls, the JMM-led alliance won 56 seats in the 81-member House. The Hemant Soren-led party, which contested 41 seats, won 34, and the Congress managed victory on 16 out of 30 seats. RJD and CPIML won six and four seats, respectively while the BJP-led NDA won 24 seats.
JMM MLA Rabindra Nath Mahato was elected as the Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly during the special session which began on December 9. A four-day special session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly began in Ranchi with the welcoming of newly elected members to the house. Chief Minister Hemant Soren along with all 80 MLAs took oath of the houses.
