JMM executive president Hemant Soren on Thursday took oath as Jharkhand chief minister day after Champai Soren stepped down from the post months ahead of the assembly election.Soren on Wednesday met governor CP Radhakrishnan at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi and formally staked claim to form the government, this after his predecessor Champai Soren tendered his resignation.Hemant Soren was administered the oath of office and secrecy by CP Radhakrishnan at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.
#WATCH | JMM executive president and former CM Hemant Soren takes oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, at Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.
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Governor CP Radhakrishnan administers him the oath to office. pic.twitter.com/b0LydgYuxb
While Jharkhand can have 12 ministers, the state Cabinet currently has a strength of 10.The strength of the JMM-led alliance in the state was reduced to 45 MLAs – JMM-27, Congress-17, and RJD-1, after the Lok Sabha elections. Two JMM MLAs, Nalin Soren and Joba Majhi, were elected to the Lok Sabha, while another MLA, Jama legislator Sita Soren, resigned to contest the general elections on a BJP ticket. Soren's party expelled two more legislators – Bishunpur MLA Chamra Linda and Boriyo MLA Lobin Hembram. Similarly, the Opposition BJP's strength has also reduced to 24, as two of its MLAs, Dhulu Mahto (Baghmara) and Manish Jaiswal (Hazaribag), are now MPs. The saffron party expelled Mandu MLA Jaiprakash Bhai Patel after he joined the Congress to contest the polls.
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