Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren today resigned from his post after INDIA block legislators in the state unanimously elected former Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Executive President Hemant Soren as their new leader of the legislature party.
Champai Soren, along with Hemant Soren, Jharkhand Congress in-charge Ghulam Ahmed Mir, State Congress President Rajesh Thakur, Minister Satyanand Bhokta, and MLAs Pradeep Yadav and Binod Singh, reached Raj Bhawan on Wednesday afternoon and tendered his resignation.
At the same time, former CM Hemant Soren staked a claim for the formation of a new government in the state.
The leaders submitted a letter of support signed by most legislators of the INDI Alliance to Governor CP Radhakrishnan.
Coming out of Raj Bhawan, Champai Soren said, “Today I have submitted my resignation to the Governor as we have elected our new leader, Hemant Soren. The decision has been taken in accordance with the feelings of the legislators of the alliance.”
Health Minister Banna Gupta said that Champai Soren has tendered his resignation and Hemant Soren has requested the Governor to give time for the swearing-in ceremony.
He said that the Governor has accepted the resignation of Champai Soren and is likely to call Hemant Soren for the oath ceremony on July 4.
Notably, the development took place after Hemant Soren was granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court on June 28. Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged land scam case on January 31.
Hemant Soren had resigned on January 31 before his arrest, and as a stop-gap arrangement, Champai Soren was sworn in as Chief Minister of Jharkhand on February 2.
Assembly elections are due in November 2024 in Jharkhand, and the ruling INDI Alliance wants to use the four-month period for poll preparation.
Hemant Soren will become Chief Minister of Jharkhand for the third time after taking oath twice in 2013 and 2019.
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