Hemant Soren took oath as the 14th Jharkhand Chief Minister at 4.15 pm on Thursday. The event was attended by many top political leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, his wife Sunita Kejriwal, party MP Raghav Chadha and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann.
The event was also attended by Tamil Nadu Deputy CM and DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin, Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar, Jharkhand Congress state-in-charge Ghulam Ahmed Mir, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, and others.
This will be Hemant Soren's fourth stint as chief minister. Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Soren at 4 pm.
Hemant Soren's JMM and its INDIA bloc allies won the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 by a huge margin. The JMM achieved its highest-ever tally in the elections, winning 34 of the 43 seats it contested. Congress secured 16, RJD 4, and CPI(ML) bagged 2 seats in the INDIA bloc. According to the power-sharing arrangement, the RJD is expected to receive one ministerial berth.
4:30 PM: Following Hemant Soren took oath as the 14th CM of Jharkhand, his sister and JMM leader Anjani Soren said, as quoted by ANI, “The entire Jharkhand is happy today... We already had this expectation that we would win with full majority.”
4:15 pm: JMM executive president Hemant Soren takes oath as the 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand, in Ranchi, reported ANI.
4:10 pm: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, his wife Sunita Kejriwal, party MP Raghav Chadha and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann arrive at the oath ceremony of Jharkhand CM-designate Hemant Soren, reported ANI.
4.05 pm: JMM executive president Hemant Soren reaches Ranchi's Morabadi Ground and greets people. He will take oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, shortly, , reported ANI.
4.05 pm: Tamil Nadu Deputy CM and DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin arrives at the oath ceremony of Jharkhand CM-designate Hemant Soren, reported ANI.
4.00 pm: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar, Jharkhand Congress state-in-charge Ghulam Ahmed Mir arrive at Ranchi's Morabadi Ground, where JMM leader and CM-designate Hemant Soren will take oath as Jharkhand CM, in a while, , reported ANI.
3:50 pm: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee arrives at the oath ceremony of Jharkhand CM-designate Hemant Soren, , reported ANI.
3:45 pm: Tamil Nadu Deputy CM and DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin arrived in Ranchi to attend the oath ceremony of CM-designate Hemant Soren.
He said, as ANI quoted, “I wish the Chief Minister Hemant Soren on behalf of the Tamil Nadu Government and our Chief Minister MK Stalin...”
3:35 pm: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav arriveed at Ranchi airport to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Jharkhand CM-designate Hemant Soren.
He said, as quoted by ANI, “I thank people for giving another opportunity to Hemant Soren and INDIA alliance...Jharkhand's result has given a positive result for the country...”
3.30 pm: Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav arrived at Ranchi airport to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Jharkhand CM-designate Hemant Soren
Speaking to the media, as ANI quoted, he said, “ Under the leadership of Hemant Soren, we will run the govt and will take Jharkhand forward...”
3:15 pm: Jharkhand CM-designate Hemant Soren and his wife and JMM leader Kalpana Soren left their residence. Hemant Soren will take oath as Jharkhand CM today.
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