Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) president Hemant Soren will be sworn in as the 13th chief minister of Jharkhand, which was carved out of Bihar on November 15, 2000. The swearing-in ceremony will be held on July 7. The development comes after Champai Soren resigned as chief minister on Wednesday.
Jharkhand Governor C P Radhakrishnan on Thursday invited Soren to form the government in the state, a day after Champai Soren stepped down from the chief minister's post. “The Governor has invited us to form the government and take the oath. We have decided that the CM along with this cabinet will take oath on July 7,” party general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya said.
Leaders of the JMM-led alliance in the state unanimously elected Hemant Soren as the legislature party leader.
Hemant Soren was released from jail on June 28 after nearly five months, as the high court granted him bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. He had resigned as the CM before his arrest on January 31.
ED to challenge Soren's bail in Supreme Court
Meanwhile, official sources in New Delhi told the news agency PTI that the Enforcement Directorate is soon expected to approach the Supreme Court with an SLP against the Jharkhand High Court order that granted bail to Hemant Soren in a money laundering case.
The ED is likely to challenge the June 28 order passed by the single bench of Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay stating that the court's belief that the petitioner (Soren) is "not guilty" was erroneous and the accused does not satisfy the twin conditions as required under section 45 of the PMLA, sources said.
(With PTI inputs)
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