Hemant Soren resigns as Jharkhand CM, stakes claim to form govt, oath on November 28

After JMM registered a landslide victory in the recently concluded Jharkhand assembly elections, the party's executive president, Hemant Soren, is once again set to take oath as the Chief Minister of the state on November 28. Speaking to the media in Ranchi, the JMM leader said they have staked claims to form a new government in the state. He stated, in that series, he had also tendered his resignation to Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar, who had then



entrusted him with the responsibility of the caretaker Chief Minister, before the swearing ceremony was held on November 28. 

Significantly, with the swearing ceremony set to take place on November 28, Hemant Soren for the fourth time is set to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He had earlier also been unanimously elected as the coalition's leader, under whose leadership the new government would be formed in the state.