Lagatar24 Desk
Ranchi: Hemant Soren took oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand on Thursday, just days after being released from jail in a money laundering case. Earlier in the day, Governor CP Radhakrishnan invited Soren to form the government, a day after Champai Soren resigned from the position.
Champai Soren met the Governor on Wednesday to submit his resignation after the ruling coalition’s 45 MLAs elected Hemant Soren as their leader. Hemant Soren was granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court on June 28, five months after his arrest. The court noted that there were “reasons to believe that he was not guilty of the offence” of money laundering related to a plot of land in Ranchi.
With this development, Hemant Soren resumes his role as the Chief Minister, leading the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and its coalition partners in the state government.
