- By Shivam Shandilya
- Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:55 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Jharkhand Cabinet List: The oath ceremony of the council of ministers of the Hemant Soren-led government in Jharkhand will be held on Thursday, reports news agency PTI, quoting officials. The oath will be administered by the Maharashtra Governor, Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
According to news agency PTI quoting Raj Bhavan, the oath ceremony will begin with Stephen Marandi, the pro tem speaker, taking the oath around noon. Marandi, a senior JMM MLA, was appointed pro tem speaker during the cabinet's first meeting on November 28. He will oversee the proceedings until a regular Speaker is elected. Following Marandi's oath, the ministers will take their oaths of office and secrecy.
The cabinet also decided to convene an assembly session from December 9 to 12. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rajesh Thakur confirmed that the list has been finalised and will be sent to the Governor by CM Soren.
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"Everything has been finalised. The list will be sent to the Governor by the CM. It is an alliance government. We have fought together. People elected us and we will work together for the development of the state," he said.
As the oath ceremony is scheduled tomorrow, the speculations are rife about the ministerial appointments, with Congress expected to receive four berths. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which emerged as a surprise element in the elections with its candidates winning in four of the six seats where the party contested, will get one ministerial berth, sources said, reports news agency PTI.
In 2019, RJD could only win the Chatra seat where Satyanand Bhokta had won.
JMM contested on 43 seats, and it won 34 of them, the highest-ever seats bagged by the party in assembly polls. The Congress got 16 seats, RJD 4, and the CPI (ML) secured 2 seats in the INDIA bloc.
The BJP contested 68 seats and won 21 seats and emerged as the second-largest party.
Hemant Soren took the oath as the 14th chief minister of Jharkhand on November 28. This is the 49-year-old JMM leader's fourth stint as CM.
The JMM-led alliance last month stormed to power in Jharkhand for the second time in a row, securing 56 seats in the 81-member assembly, while the BJP-headed NDA managed 24 seats.