#Jharkhand : Second Innings ! Hemant Soren To Take Oath As Chief Minister On 28th November ; Several INDIA Alliance Leaders Likely To Attend Ceremony

Top leaders of the INDIA bloc, including Congress’s Rahul Gandhi and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, may attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Hemant Soren government in Ranchi on November 28, a senior leader of the grand old party said o.

In a stunning comeback, Hemant Soren’s JMM-led alliance stormed to power in Jharkhand for a second consecutive term, winning 56 seats in the 81-member assembly, despite an all-out blitz by the BJP-led NDA, which managed only 24 seats.

According to report by PTI, soon after the spectacular victory , Hemant Soren met Governor Santosh Kumar Gangawar to stake claim to form government at Raj Bhawan in Ranchi.

In a statement, Raj Bhawan said, “the chief minister Hemant Soren met Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar today at Raj Bhavan and submitted his resignation from his post. The Governor accepted his resignation and asked him to continue discharging his responsibilities till an alternative arrangement was formed. After this, delegations of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and CPI (ML) submitted letters of support from the elected MLAs for forming a government in Jharkhand under the leadership of Hemant Soren at Raj Bhavan. The Governor appointed Hemant Soren as the nominated Chief Minister of Jharkhand and invited him to form the government.”

Soren retained Barhait seat by defeating BJP’s Gamliyel Hembrom by a margin of 39,791 votes. “All top leaders of the INDIA bloc are being invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony at Morabadi Ground on November 28. Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav are likely to attend the event,” the Congress leader told PTI.

According to PTI, As far as ministerial berths are concerned, in all likelihood, there may be four ministers from the grand old party as per the initial plans of one ministerial berth for every four seats won. JMM contested 43 seats and won 34, the highest-ever tally of the party in its history.

The Congress got 16 seats, RJD four and the CPI (ML) secured two seats in the INDIA bloc. As per the arrangement, RJD may get one ministerial berth.