NEW DELHI: Hemant Soren, the current Chief Minister of Jharkhand and a member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), represents the Barhait seat. He is facing opposition from the BJP’s Gamaliyan Hembrom. In the 2019 elections, Soren secured a comfortable victory with 73,725 votes, ahead of BJP’s Simon Marandi, who received 47,985 votes. As per […]
Hemant Soren was sworn in as Jharkhand's Chief Minister this evening, on July 4, marking the end of a five-month political journey. In January, he resigned just before being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate for a land fraud case worth crores. In June, he was granted bail by the High Court, which found no direct evidence of his involvement in the scam.