TMC MLA Reyat Hossain Sarkar won from Bhagwangola in the recently concluded bye-election with 107,096 votes, while TMC MLA Sayantika Banerjee won from Baranagar with 69,251 votes.
Amritpal Singh won the Khadoor Sahib parliamentary seat in Punjab with a massive margin of 1,97,120 votes, defeating his nearest rival, Kulbir Singh Zira of Congress. He ran for office as an independent candidate.
The floor test of the new government in Jharkhand, led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren who took oath of office for the third time on Thursday, will be held on July 8 during a special session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
After Hemant Soren took oath as Chief Minister, Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan said he expects Soren to focus on addressing issues affecting the poor.
Following the oath ceremony of JMM executive president Hemant Soren as Jharkhand Chief Minister, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MP Mahua Maji said that the vision to make Jharkhand the number one state will be fulfilled under the leadership of the Hemant Soren government.
After taking the oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday said that the 'Mahagathbandan' government has done all the work as per the interests of the people of the state.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren congratulated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) executive president Hemant Soren for taking the oath as Jharkhand CM on Thursday.
"Yesterday there was a meeting of various parties. After Champai Soren resigned, Hemant Soren staked claim to form the government and so the Governor has invited us at the Raj Bhavan. The oath-taking ceremony will be held probably on 7th," Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberati
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) executive president Hemant Soren will take oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand at 5 pm today, confirmed sources from the Raj Bhavan.