Ranchi: Hemant Soren took oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister for the fourth time on Thursday.
The 49-year-old tribal leader was sworn in as the Chief Minister by Jharkhand Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar. The Governor administered the oath of office and secrecy to Soren at a function held in Morabadi ground in Ranchi, where Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were present.
Prior to taking the oath, Soren, donning a kurta and pyjama, met the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) president and his father Shibu Soren.
Congratulations to Shri Hemant Soren on taking oath as Jharkhand CM. Best wishes to him for his tenure ahead.@HemantSorenJMM
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 28, 2024
This is the fourth stint of the JMM leader as the chief minister. Hemant Soren retained the Barhait seat by defeating BJP's Gamliyel Hembrom by a margin of 39,791 votes in the recent assembly polls.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Hemant Soren after he was sworn in as the Jharkhand Chief Minister. PM Modi in a post on X said, "Congratulations to Shri Hemant Soren on taking oath as Jharkhand CM. Best wishes to him for his tenure ahead."
The JMM-led alliance stormed to victory, securing 56 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly, while the BJP-led NDA managed 24 constituencies. On Wednesday, Hemant Soren, along with his wife Kalpana Soren, visited his native village Nemra in Ramgarh district to honour his grandfather, Sobaran Soren, on his martyrdom day. They paid homage at Lukaiyatand, where Sobaran Soren's statue stands. After garlanding the statue, Soren addressed the public, reflecting on the historical struggles of Jharkhand's people against exploitation.
