Test on Jharkhand govt floor, cabinet expansion likely tomorrow | India News – Times of India

RANCHI: The new government in Jharkhand, led by the Prime Minister Hemant Soren who took the oath for the third time on July 4, is likely to expand his cabinet after proving his majority in the extraordinary session of the Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand on Monday.
The cabinet extension of the new government in Jharkhand will take place on Monday.
Hemant Soren was sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Jharkhand in 1999. Raj BhavanRanchi on July 4th.
Hemant Soren was granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court on June 28 after spending five months in jail.
Champai-Soren resigned just five months after taking oath, setting the ball rolling for Hemant Soren to reprise the role on Wednesday.
Champai Soren took oath as the twelfth Chief Minister of Jharkhand at the Raj Bhavan on February 2 this year.
Hemant Soren was released from Birsa Munda jail on June 28, after nearly five months, on bail granted by the Jharkhand High Court in a money laundering case linked to alleged land fraud. He had resigned as prime minister before his arrest on January 31.
He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in January on charges related to alleged land fraud and money laundering.
Earlier on December 29, Hemant Soren took oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, becoming the 11th Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
The return of Hemant Soren as CM will strengthen the JMM, which won three seats in the tribal-dominated state of Jharkhand in the Lok Sabha elections.
In 2019, JMM contested the state assembly elections in alliance with Congress and Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD). They won a comfortable majority of 47 seats in the 81-member House of Representatives.