JMM Executive President Hemant Soren is likely to return as chief minister of Jharkhand for the third time following consensus among legislators of the party-led alliance in the state. Leaders and MLAs of the alliance during a meeting at Chief Minister Champai Soren’s residence here decided to elect Hemant Soren as JMM legislature party leader, they said.
A decision was taken in the meeting to replace Champai Soren with Hemant Soren. If sworn in, he will be the 13th chief minister of Jharkhand, which was carved out of Bihar on November 15, 2000.
Congress’s Jharkhand in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir and its state president Rajesh Thakur also attended the meeting, besides Hemant Soren’s brother Basant and wife Kalpana.
Hemant Soren was released from jail on June 28 after nearly five months, as the high court him granted him bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. He had resigned as the CM before his arrest on January 31.
Meanwhile, in a post on X, BJP MP Nishant Dubey said, ‘The Champai Soren era is over in Jharkhand. In the family-oriented party, people outside the family have no political future. I wish the chief minister drew inspiration from Bhagwan Birsa Munda and stood up against the corrupt Hemant Soren ji’.
According to the media sources, ‘Champai Soren, who had taken oath as the 12th chief minister of Jharkhand on February 2 after Hemant Soren’s arrest, may resign from the post soon.
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