JMM leader Hemant Soren will take oath as Jharkhand chief minister today at 5 pm after Governor CP Radhakrishnan invited him to form government in the state, according to ANI news agency.
Earlier, several news outlets had reported that Soren’s swearing-in ceremony will be held on July 7.
The development comes after Champai Soren resigned as chief minister on Wednesday and Hemant Soren, who is out on bail in a money laundering case, staked claim to form the government.
Meanwhile, Governor Radhakrishnan also confirmed that the swearing-in ceremony will take place today.
Taking to X, he said, ““Invited Hemant Soren to take oath today after appointing him as the CM-designate of Jharkhand.”
“The governor has invited Soren to form government in the state and sought a date and time for the swearing-in ceremony,” a Raj Bhavan official had said earlier.
A JMM-led alliance delegation, led by Hemant Soren, met Governor Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan earlier on Thursday.
The delegation comprised Congress state unit president Rajesh Thakur, RJD minister Satyanand Bhokta and MLA Vinod Singh. Kalpana Soren, the Gandey MLA and wife of Soren, was also part of the delegation.
Soren had walked out of jail on June 28, after receiving bail from the Jharkhand High Court in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
With inputs from agencies
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