JMM leader Hemant Soren takes oath as 14th CM of Jharkhand

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) executive president Hemant Soren on Thursday took oath as the 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand, in Ranchi. Soren was administered the oath of office and secrecy by the Governor of Jharkhand, Santosh Gangwar.

Several INDIA bloc leaders attended the oath ceremony. Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar were present.

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, his wife Sunita Kejriwal, party MP Raghav Chadha and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann also marked their presence in the swearing-in ceremony.

JMM leader Anjani Soren said, “The entire Jharkhand is happy today. We already had this expectation that we would win with full majority.”

The JMM steered the INDIA bloc to victory with 56 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly. The JMM won 34 seats, while its allies secured 22 seats. Among the allies, the Congress won 16 seats, the RJD won four, and the CPI-ML won two seats.

The BJP-led NDA won only 24 seats in Jharkhand. The BJP secured 21 seats, with its allies the AJSU party, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and JD-U winning one seat each. Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha won a seat with its chief, Jairam Kumar Mahato, emerging victorious in the Dumri constituency.