Hemant to take oath as J’khand CM on 29th

 

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance’s Chief Minister candidate Hemant Soren was on Tuesday invited to form the Government in Jharkhand and will take oath on December 29.

 

 

 

Accompanied by leaders of alliance partners, the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal, Soren met Governor Draupadi Murmu at Raj Bhawan at 8.45 PM and staked his claim to form the Government. The swearing-in will take here on 1 PM on Sunday.

 

The alliance, which won 47 seats in the 81-member house in November-December Assembly election, has also secured support of former ally, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik.

 

Soren was elected leader of the alliance at a meeting of alliance MLAs at the residence of his father and JMM President Shibu Soren on Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, newly-elected JMM legislators elected him as the leader of the legislature party.

 

The JMM-led three-party alliance stormed to power in Jharkhand on Monday, ousting the BJP in yet another State in the Hindi heartland after BJP stupendous performance in the Lok Sabha elections, a development that could have profound implications for the country. The Raghubar Das Government’s feat of providing a stable government that lasted a full five-year term in a State where Chief Ministers changed faster than seasons did not cut ice with the electorate which decided to repose faith in a coalition that fought over seats and broke up five years ago.

 

Contesting the State Assembly elections alone for the first time sans long-standing ally the AJSU Party, the ruling BJP bagged 25 seats, five less than the JMM which led the table, clinching 30 in the 81-member House.

The JMM-led alliance, which also has the Congress and the RJD, secured 47 seats, way above the

majority mark of 41. Of the 75 seats, the JMM won 30 seats, the Congress 16 and the RJD 1, as per the results available till 10 PM. Das tendered his resignation and accepted defeat.