Soren meets PM Modi, invites him to attend his swearing-in ceremony

Hemant Soren met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday and extended a formal invitation for the swearingin ceremony of his government which is scheduled to take place in Ranchi on November 28 Hemant Soren was accompanied by his wife Kalpana Soren the newly elected MLA from the Gandey constituencyPrime Minister Modi congratulated Hemant and Kalpana Soren on their electoral success and shared pictures of the meeting on XEarlier Hemant Soren also met Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party President Mallikarjun Kharge inviting them to the ceremonyThe swearingin ceremony is set to take place at Morabadi Ground Ranchi on November 28 at 4 pm Along with the Chief Minister several other ministers are expected to take the oath Hemant Soren was unanimously elected as the leader of the INDIA bloc in the state on SundayA JMM spokesperson said that invitations have been sent to various prominent political figures including RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav Bihars Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee AAP Convener Arvind Kejriwal CPIML leader Dipankar Bhattacharya and the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu Delhi Punjab Karnataka Himachal Pradesh Telangana and Jammu and KashmirThe results of the 81member Jharkhand Assembly elections announced on November 23 gave the Hemant Sorenled JMMCongressRJD alliance a resounding victory with 56 seats The JMM won 34 the Congress 16 the RJD 4 and the CPIML 2 seats This marks the first time a government in Jharkhand has secured a twothirds majorityHemant Soren will make history as the first leader to be sworn in as Jharkhands Chief Minister four times He first took oath on July 13 2013 leading a CongressRJDsupported government until December 2014He returned as CM on December 29 2019 but had to resign after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate ED on January 31 2024 After his release on bail he was sworn in for the third time on July 4 2024Earlier his father Shibu Soren and BJPrsquos Arjun Munda have each served three terms as Jharkhand Chief MinisterThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever