Hemant Soren sworn in as Jharkhand’s 14th CM, top INDIA Bloc leaders attend [Video]

Hemant Soren, on Thursday, took oath as the 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered him the oath of office and secrecy at 4:10 p.m. during a grand ceremony at Morabadi Ground in Ranchi.

Hemant Soren, leader of the JMM-Congress-RJD-CPI-ML alliance, has made history by becoming the first politician to serve as Jharkhand’s Chief Minister for the fourth time. The alliance secured a resounding two-thirds majority, winning 56 out of 81 seats in the elections held on November 13 and November 20.

Prominent leaders from the INDIA bloc graced the occasion. Among them present were Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, AAP convener and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, and Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav.

The ceremony also saw the attendance of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, Karnataka …