Hemant Soren to take oath as Jharkhand CM on July 7. (Image: X/@JMMKalpanaSoren)
JMM Chief Hemant Soren set to become Jharkhand CM again, oath ceremony on July 7.
Hemant Soren is all set to take oath as the chief minister of Jharkhand on Thursday evening, hours after being invited by Governor CP Radhakrishnan to form the government in the state.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief along with state Congress president Rajesh Thakur and RJD leader Satyanand Bhokta visited Raj Bhawan a day after Champai Soren stepped down from the chief minister’s post.
The swearing-in ceremony will be held on July 7, according to Supriyo Bhattacharya, general secretary of the JMM.
महामहिम राज्यपाल महोदय का धन्यवाद।विरोधियों द्वारा रची गई लोकतंत्र विरोधी साज़िश के अंत की शुरुआत हो गई है।
सत्यमेव जयते। pic.twitter.com/TSe2PRqp1w
— Hemant Soren (@HemantSorenJMM) July 4, 2024
Hemant Soren will be the 13th chief minister of Jharkhand, which was carved out of Bihar on November 15, 2000.
Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren resigned on Wednesday and Hemant Soren, who is out on bail in a money laundering case, staked a claim to form the government, hours after leaders of the JMM-led alliance in the state unanimously elected him as the legislature party leader.
Champai Soren, who had taken oath as the 12th chief minister of Jharkhand on February 2 after Hemant Soren’s arrest, met Governor CP Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan and tendered his resignation in the presence of the JMM executive president, capping a day-long drama full of speculations.
Hemant Soren, son of JMM supremo Shibu Soren was released from jail on June 28 after nearly five months, after the high court granted him bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. He had resigned as the CM shortly before his arrest on January 31 by the ED.
Meanwhile, official sources in New Delhi said the Enforcement Directorate is soon expected to approach the Supreme Court with an SLP against the Jharkhand High Court order that granted bail to Hemant Soren in a money laundering case.
The ED is likely to challenge the June 28 order passed by the single bench of Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay stating that the court’s belief that the petitioner (Soren) is “not guilty” was erroneous and the accused does not satisfy the twin conditions as required under section 45 of the PMLA, sources said.