Hemant Soren, out on bail in money laundering case, takes oath as Jharkhand CM

JMM executive president Hemant Soren took oath as the Jharkhand chief minister at Raj Bhavan on Thursday.

Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan administered the oath and office of secrecy to Soren at a function held at Raj Bhavan

The JMM, earlier in the day, had said Soren would take oath as the chief minister on July 7 after the governor invited him to form government in the state.

Later, the JMM-led coalition decided that Soren would take oath on Thursday.

Notably, Champai Soren resigned as chief minister on Wednesday and Hemant Soren, who is out on bail in a money laundering case, staked claim to form the government.

A JMM-led alliance delegation met Governor Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday.

The delegation headed by Hemant Soren comprised Congress state unit president Rajesh Thakur, RJD minister Satyanand Bhokta and CPI(ML)-L MLA Vinod Singh.

Kalpana Soren, the Gandey MLA and wife of Hemant Soren, was also part of the delegation.