GUWAHATI: Hemant Soren, the executive chief of the JMM, was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand on Thursday, July 4, just days after his release from jail in a money laundering case. Earlier yesterday, Governor C P Radhakrishnan invited Soren to form the government, following the resignation of his predecessor, Champai Soren.
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Champai Soren stepped down after the ruling coalition's 45 MLAs elected Hemant Soren as their leader.
Hemant Soren was granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court on June 28, leading to his release five months after his arrest. The court noted there were "reasons to believe that he was not guilty of the offence" of money laundering related to a plot of land in Ranchi.
