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Hemant Soren to be sworn in as Jharkhand CM: Which leaders will be present at the ceremony? | India News – Times of India
Hemant Soren takes oath as Jharkhand CM on Thursday (file photo)
This will be the 49-year-old JMM leader’s fourth stint as chief minister. Soren retained the Barhait seat by defeating BJP’s Gamliyel Hembrom by a margin of 39,791 votes in the recently held Assembly polls. “I am grateful to the people of Jharkhand for their continued confidence in our leadership,” Soren said, adding, “This victory reflects the aspirations of the people, and we will work to fulfill them.”
The JMM-led alliance scored a major victory in the recent Assembly elections, winning 56 seats in the 81-member Assembly, while the BJP-led NDA secured 24 seats. “This is a victory of the people and their vision for a peaceful and progressive Jharkhand,” Soren had stated in his victory speech.
Who will be present at the swearing-in ceremony?
The ceremony will be attended by several prominent political figures, especially from the INDIA bloc. Here is the list of politicians who confirmed attendance at Soren’s oath ceremony:
- Mallikarjun Kharge (Congress President)
- Rahul Gandhi (Lok Sabha LoP, Congress)
- Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister of West Bengal, TMC)
- Sharad Pawar (NCP chief)
- Arvind Kejriwal (Ex-Chief Minister of Delhi, AAP)
- Bhagwant Mann (Chief Minister of Punjab, AAP)
- Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena (UBT))
- Akhilesh Yadav (Leader of Samajwadi Party)
- Mehbooba Mufti (PDP)
- Dipankar Bhattacharya (CPI(ML) General Secretary)
- Udhayanidhi Stalin (Deputy CM, DMK of Tamil Nadu)
- DK Shivakumar (Deputy CM of Karnataka, Congress)
- Tejashwi Yadav (LoP Bihar Assembly, RJD)
