Hemant Soren invited to become a CM again

Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan has officially asked Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and former Chief Minister Hemant Soren to lead the government in the state. Hemant Soren will be CM again. Hemant Soren was recently granted bail in a land scam case after spending about five months in jail. He is expected to be sworn in on July 7. The JMM leader asserted his right to form the government on Wednesday. It is following the resignation of Champai Soren. He had assumed the role of the 12th chief minister of Jharkhand on February 2 during Hemant Soren’s detention. Hemant Soren ED case Hemant Soren is the son of JMM supremo Shibu Soren. He was granted bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam and was released from jail on June 28. The JMM-led alliance in the state unanimously elected him as the legislature party leader. He had resigned as the Chief Minister shortly before his arrest on January 31 by the Enforcement Directorate. The Enforcement Directorate is expected to approach the Supreme Court with a plea challenging the Jharkhand High Court order that granted bail to Hemant Soren. The High Court stated that the court’s belief that the petitioner (Soren) is “not guilty” was erroneous and that the accused does not satisfy the twin conditions as required under section 45 of the PMLA. The state Cabinet currently has a strength of 10, although Jharkhand can have 12 ministers. The JMM-led alliance in the state was reduced to 45 MLAs – JMM-27, Congress-17, and RJD-1, after the Lok Sabha elections. Two JMM MLAs, Nalin Soren and Joba Majhi, were elected to the Lok Sabha, while another MLA, Jama legislator Sita Soren, resigned to contest the general elections on a BJP ticket. Soren’s party expelled two more legislators – Bishunpur MLA Chamra Linda and Boriyo MLA Lobin Hembrom. The Opposition BJP’s strength has also reduced to 24, as two of its MLAs, Dhulu Mahto (Baghmara) and Manish Jaiswal (Hazaribag), are now MPs. The saffron party expelled Mandu MLA Jaiprakash Bhai Patel after he joined the Congress to contest the polls.