Champai Soren takes oath as Jharkhand CM
02-Feb-2024 01:37 PM 3129
Ranchi, Feb 2 (Reporter) Champai Soren was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand here on Friday. Soren was administered the oath of office and secrecy by state Governor C P Radhakrishnan at a solemn function in the Raj Bhavan here. The veteran Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader heads a coalition where Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal are the other constituents. He has been asked to prove his majority in the Assembly within ten days. Sixty-seven-year-old Soren replaces his party leader Hemant Soren, who resigned on Wednesday night and has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. Champai Soren, who has become the seventh chief minister of Jharkhand, is a four-time MLA in the tribal-majority eastern state. He earlier was elected as a legislator in Bihar before Jharkhand's formation. The 1956-born Champai Soren was the minister in charge of Transport, Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Caste & Backward class welfare in Hemant Soren's cabinet...////...
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