Hemant Soren Takes Oath As Jharkhand Chief Minister For Fourth Time

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren took oath as Chief Minister today, days after the INDIA bloc's decisive victory in the Assembly polls. Top leaders of the INDIA Opposition bloc were in Ranchi's Moradabad Ground to attend the swearing-in ceremony. Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav were present.

In the state polls, results of which were declared on Saturday, the JMM-led alliance won 56 seats in the 81-member House.