Jharkhand Cabinet expanded with 11 MLAs swearing in as ministers
The Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government expanded the cabinet on Thursday with the induction of eleven new ministers.
The Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government expanded the cabinet on Thursday with the induction of eleven new ministers.
The recent assembly election results in Jharkhand have highlighted significant challenges for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The proposed formula suggests one minister for every five MLAs, resulting in a total of 11 ministers for the 56 MLAs in the alliance.
Soren, 49, was administered the oath by Governor Santosh Gangwar at Morabadi Maidan in Ranchi.
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday announced that the INDIA bloc would jointly contest the forthcoming Assembly polls. He also said that the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress together would field candidates on 70 of the 81 constituencies.
Last Monday, two interesting news items caught attention. First, the former chief minister of Jharkhand, Champai Soren, an influential tribal leader from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, joined the BJP, swelling the number of its imported leaders.
Following the trust vote victory, Hemant is expected to expand his cabinet later on Monday as Governor C P Radhakrishnan is likely to be out of the state after July 9.
Hemant was back at the helm of affairs after a five-month stint in jail in connection with a land scam case.
Supreme Court took serious exception to his not disclosing in his petition that the Special PMLA court has already taken cognizance of the case and rejected his plea for bail.
