JMM's Hemant Soren sworn in as 11th Jharkhand CM amid opposition unity in Ranchi

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Hemant Soren, took oath as the 11th Chief Minister of Jharkhand amid opposition show of strength, in Ranchi on Sunday. Governor Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Hemant Soren.

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• Jharkhand Mukti Morcha working president Hemant Soren was sworn-in as the 11th Chief Minister of Jharkhand
• Governor Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Soren
• A galaxy of leaders from across the political spectrum graced the occasion at Mohrabadi Ground

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) working president Hemant Soren was sworn-in as the 11th Chief Minister of Jharkhand here on Sunday.

Governor Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Soren. A galaxy of leaders from across the political spectrum graced the occasion at Mohrabadi Ground in Ranchi.

This will be the 44-year-old JMM leader's second stint as Jharkhand chief minister.

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Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren took oath as the 11th Chief Minister of #Jharkhand.
Governor Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr Soren at Morhabadi grounds in Ranchi.

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Along with Hemant Soren, Congress Legislature Party Leader Alamgir Alam, state Congress president Rameshwar Oraon and RJD MLA Satyanand Bhokta were also sworn in as state cabinet ministers at Sunday's event.

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.

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I attended the swearing in ceremony of CM Hemant Soren Ji & ministers from the Congress party in Ranchi today. I'm confident that the new Govt in Jharkhand will work for the benefit of all citizens & usher in an era of peace & prosperity in the state.

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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.

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. Four other MLAs - three from the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) and one from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) have also extended their support to the three-party coalition.