Ranchi: Eleven MLAs on Thursday took oath as ministers in the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand.
विधानसभा के कार्यकारी अध्यक्ष एवं राज्य मंत्रिपरिषद के सदस्यों को हार्दिक बधाई व शुभकामनाएं। pic.twitter.com/sC1FQZfZKi
— Governor of Jharkhand (@jhar_governor) December 5, 2024
State Governor administers the oath
The oath was administered by State Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.
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Total six JMM MLAs who took oath as ministers are Sudivya Kumar, Deepak Birua, Ramdas Soren, Chamra Linda, Yogendra Prasad and Hafijul Hasan. Besides, Congress MLAs Deepika Pandey Singh, Shilpi Neha Tirkey, Irfan Ansari and Radhakrishna Kishore were also sworn in as ministers. RJD's Sanjay Prasad Yadav also taken oath as Minister in Hemant Soren Cabinet.
JMM MLA Stephen Marandi took oath as the pro-tem speaker of the assembly.
Hemant Soren
Hemant Soren took oath as the Chief Minister on November 28 for a second consecutive term.
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Jharkhand Assembly Polls
In the recently-concluded elections, INDIA alliance won 56 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly. The JMM won 34 seats, while the Congress won 16 seats, the RJD won four, and the CPI-ML won two seats.The JMM had contested the highest number of seats at 43 and won 34.
The BJP-led NDA could win only 24 seats. (With Agency Inputs)
