Hemant Soren Set To Be 11th CM Of Jharkhand; JMM Legislature Party Meet At 11 AM

The JMM Legislature Party meeting is scheduled to be held at 11 am in Jharkhand today. According to the sources, Hemant Soren will take oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand on December 28.

Hemant Soren will take oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand on December 28.

New Delhi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren, the son of Jharkhand architect Shibu Soren, is set to take up the reins of the state for a second term as the opposition coalition comprising the party, Congress and RJD won a clear majority in the Jharkhand Assembly election, the results for which were declared on Monday. Soren, executive president of the JMM, is all set to take over as the 11th Chief Minister term wise of the mineral-rich, largely tribal State. The JMM Legislature Party meeting is scheduled to be held at 11 am in Jharkhand today, where Soren will be formally elected as the leader of the JMM legislative party. According to the sources, Hemant Soren will take oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand on December 28. All 30 newly-elected MLAs have been asked to attend the meeting. JMM chief Shibu Soren will preside over the meeting at his residence. JMM working president Hemant Soren, who led the party's campaign in the election, is likely to be elected as its legislature party leader. Meanwhile, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi expressed her gratitude towards the people of Jharkhand for expressing their substantive faith in the people-centric Congress-JMM-RJD alliance while rejecting the divisive agenda of BJP. She also said the government in the state will have a deputy CM from Congress. Also Watch | Jharkhand Election Result: Know the politics of Hemant Soren About Hemant Soren Hemant Soren's first stint as chief minister of the tribal-state had lasted for just about 14 months since July 15 2013. But this time, he with support from his allies - the Congress and the RJD have stopped the seemingly invincible BJP. Hemant Soren had been the face of the opposition alliance in the state. He was born to Shibu Soren, known as 'Guruji' to his innumerable followers, and his wife Roopi on August 10, 1975, at Nemra village in Ramgarh district of Jharkhand. The senior Soren, known as 'Guruji' to his followers and had served as chief minister thrice, had been grooming his elder son Durga Soren but fate had deemed otherwise. Durga Soren died of suspected kidney failure and Shibu Soren was convicted in the Chirrudih massacre case. The situation turned the focus on Hemant Soren who was then entrusted with the responsibility of running JMM. It was only after Guruji quit the Manmohan Singh cabinet owing to his court conviction, Hemant Soren emerged as the heir apparent of the 'Soren clan' and won the Dumka Assembly seat in 2009. He went on to become a Rajya Sabha Member in 2009- 2010, before becoming Jharkhand's youngest chief minister in 2013 with the support of the Congress and the RJD. His rule was, however, short-lived as BJP seized power in 2014 in the politically unstable state and Raghubar Das took over. In 2014, Hemant Soren won a seat in the Jharkhand assembly and became the leader of the opposition. During his political ascendency, he was able to sideline JMM's senior leaders like Stephen Marandi, Simon Marandi, and Hemlal Murmu, prompting them to quit the party. While Murmu and Simon Marandi joined the BJP, Stephen Marandi floated a party along with the first BJP chief minister of the state, Babulal Marandi. Also Watch | Hemant Soren's focus on local issues the reason behind JMM's win?  Stephen Marandi had later returned to JMM, accepting Hemant Soren as the party's leader. Cornered in the last five years with the saffron party accusing him and his family of violating the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act and Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, Hemant Soren took time but patiently overcame the storm and formed the pre-poll alliance with old friends - the Congress and RJD. He also managed to get the lion's share of 43 seats, giving 31 to Congress and seven to the RJD in the pre-poll seat pact, even as the Lalu Prasad-led party was left frowning. Hemant Soren, who has two sons from his marriage with Kalpana, came under severe criticism from the BJP which accused him of "pariwarvad" for giving a JMM ticket to his sister, Anjali, from Odisha's Mayurbhanj seat in the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year. (with inputs from agencies)