Jharkhand Transport Minister Champai Soren, who was named as JMM legislative party leader, wrote a letter to Governor CP Radhakrishnan, staking a claim to form the new government in the state.
In a sharp response to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju called him a "spolied child" and said if Hemant Soren hails from a tribal community, this does not give him a licence to loot public money.
Reacting sharply to the resignation of Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren, Congress President and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge said that forcing Hemant Soren to resign is a blow to Federalism.
After a prolonged moment of speculation in the media and a hide-and-seek drama, Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Chief Hemant Soren was finally arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in the land scam case on Wednesday night, sources confirmed.
Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Chief Hemant Soren resigned on Wednesday evening after over six hours of questioning by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with a money laundering probe linked to the alleged land scam case.
In a significant political development in Jharkhand, JMM MLAs elected state minister Champai Soren as the leader of the legislative party, paving the way for him to be the next Chief Minister of the state.
A curfew under Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed within a 100-metre radius of the Jharkhand Chief Minister's residence, Raj Bhavan, and the office of the ED in Jharkhand's Ranchi.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday filed a complaint against the officials of the Enforcement Directorate, alleging that the officials tried to 'harass' and 'malign' him and his entire community.
Notably, the Enforcement Directorate has seized Rs 36 lakh in cash and two cars after it conducted searches at the residence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, sources in the central agency said on Tuesday.
Coming out all guns blazing at Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who went incommunicado after receiving fresh ED summons in connection with an alleged land scam case, BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo on Wednesday said never in the history of independent India has an elected CM 'gone missing' o
Exerting his support to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said that the latter is not ready to take 'Palti' like Nitish Kumar and is paying the price for the same.
As Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' is expected to enter its Jharkhand leg after Bihar, and Chief Minister Hemant Soren is expected to face the Enforcement Directorate today, a meeting of INDIA bloc was held at the Jharkhand Chief Minister's residence on Tuesday.