Hemant Soren Takes Oath As 11th CM Of Jharkhand Amid Opposition Show Of Unity

Congress' Alamgir Alam, and Rameshwar Uraon also took oath as ministers on Sunday.

Hemant Soren takes oath as Jharkhand CM

New Delhi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha working president Heman Soren became the eleventh Chief Minister of the mineral-rich and largley tribal state of Jharkhand, as he was administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor Draupadi Murmu, in a grand political show on Sunday noon. Soren took oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand for the second time, at Ranchi’s sprawling Mohrabadi grounds at 2:10 pm. Congress leader Alamgir Alam and Rameshwar Uraon also took oath as ministers after Soren. In a show of opposition strength, Chief Ministers Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel and Mamata Banerjee, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav were among the senior leaders who attended the event. Other opposition leaders who attended the event included RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, AAP MP Sanjay Singh, CPI's Atul Kumar Anjan, and D Raja, CPI-M leader Sitaraman Yechury, and RPN Singh, who was Congress in-charge of Jharkhand Assembly polls. Former Chief Minister and JMM president Shibu Soren was also present to witness son taking oath for the second time as Jharkhand CM. Former Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who lost in the polls, also graced the occasion. The event was termed as 'Sankalp Diwas' by mark beginning of an era of new Jharkhand. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was also nvited to Soren's swearing-in ceremony. He had, however, expressed his inability to attend the ceremony due to his busy schedule. The Prime Minister extended good wishes and assured Hemant Sorenji that he will visit Jharkhand when he gets time. JMM fought the Assembly elections in alliance with the Congress party and Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) and got a comfortable majority with forty-seven seats in the 81-member house. JMM won 30 seats, while Congress and RJD secured 16 and one seat respectively in the recently concluded Assembly polls. The JVM-P and the CPI-ML-Liberation have extended support to the JMM-Congress-RJD coalition, which stormed to power after five years, dethroning the BJP in the just-concluded assembly elections to the 81-member assembly