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JMM-led INDIA bloc stormed back to power in Jharkhand with a huge majority in Assembly polls.
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren with his wife Kalpana Soren (PTI Image)
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren will take the oath as Chief Minister of Jharkhand on November 26, according to sources. He is set to be sworn into the office for the fourth time.
Top leaders of the INDIA bloc, including Rahul Gandhi, and Arvind Kejriwal, are likely to participate in the swearing-in ceremony.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav have also been invited to the event, sources said.
Who Are Likely To Join Cabinet?
According to sources, six MLAs from the Congress and four from the RJD are likely to join the Soren Cabinet.
Notably, the INDIA bloc returned to power in Jharkhand winning 56 seats in the 81-seated state Assembly. Hemant Soren steered the alliance, which was under the heat due to allegations of corruption and appeasement politics in the run-up to the polls, to a massive victory.
Jharkhand Assembly Election Results
The ruling INDIA bloc in the state crushed the BJP’s hopes of a return to power as the saffron party put in efforts to consolidate the Hindu votes with “Ek Hai Toh Safe Hai” and “Batenge Toh Katenge” slogans. The saffron party also raised the issue of infiltration in the state, however, the JMM-led alliance decimated the BJP, restricting it to 21 seats in the state.
The JMM won 34 seats and thus emerged as the single-largest party in the alliance. Its allies Congress and RJD secured 16 and 4 seats respectively, propelling the alliance past the majority mark of 41 in the 81-seated Assembly.
Hemant Soren thanked the people of Jharkhand for the mandate and said that his party has passed the “exam of democracy”.
“We have passed the exam of democracy in Jharkhand; we will finalise our strategy after the election results,” Soren said at a press conference as the trends showed his party winning yesterday.
