ANI
Despite all the efforts of the BJP-led NDA, which could secure only 24 seats. Soren retained the Barhait seat by defeating BJP’s Gamliyal Hembrom by a margin of 39,791 votes.
Jharkhand’s newly elected Chief Minister Hemant Soren can take oath on Thursday. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal may attend the swearing-in. Top leaders of the India faction, including Congress’ Rahul Gandhi and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, are likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Hemant Soren government on November 28. Making a spectacular comeback, the alliance led by Hemant Soren’s JMM came to power in Jharkhand for the second consecutive term on Saturday. The alliance won 56 seats in the 81-member assembly.
Despite all the efforts of the BJP-led NDA, which could secure only 24 seats. Soren retained the Barhait seat by defeating BJP’s Gamliyal Hembrom by a margin of 39,791 votes. Meanwhile, preparations for the swearing-in ceremony are going on. Soon after India Bloc leaders in the state unanimously elected him as the legislative party leader, Soren met Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Sunday and staked claim to form the government.
A day before taking oath as the 14th Chief Minister of the state, Soren along with his wife Kalpana reached his native village Nemra in Ramgarh district to pay tribute to his grandfather Sobran Soren on his 67th death anniversary. Soren also invited his villagers to attend the swearing-in ceremony of his government to be held at Morhabadi Maidan in Ranchi. Addressing the people in Lukaiyatand of Nemra, he said that the work of government formation is going on. Soren told the villagers, “A new innings of ‘Abua Sarkar’ (our government) will start from tomorrow. The swearing-in ceremony is to be held on Thursday. I invite you all to attend this function. You all have worked very hard to bring the Abua government back to power.
