Chief Minister Hemant Soren wins the Trust Vote in the Jharkhand Assembly

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren won the Trust Vote on the floor of the Assembly on Monday. This comes after Hemant Soren who was arrested in connection with an alleged land scam was released, and subsequently had sworn in as the Chief Minister, replacing the incumbent Champai Soren on Thursday. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader had called for a trust vote and won with a comfortable majority of 45 out of 81 MLAs in his favor.

Champai Soren was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand after Hemant Soren was arrested by the central agency in January. After the JMM leader was released from jail, Champai Soren tendered his resignation, ending his temporary tenure as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand and paving the way for Hemant Soren to form the government.

Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after he tendered his resignation from the post of Chief Minister on January 31, in connection with an alleged land scam. He was granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court on June 28, after being incarcerated for 5 months. “Today is July 4. On Jan 31, from the same place, I conveyed a message to you all on how the opposition has conspired against me. They were successful. For five months, they tried to keep me inside the jail by different means. We took the legal path and people supported us,” said Soren taking to social media platform “X”, before he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand once again.

In the Jharkhand State Assembly, the ruling INDIA bloc, led by JMM, comprises 45 members after recent electoral changes (JMM-27, Congress-17, RJD-1), while the BJP holds 24 seats.​