Jharkhand CM Champai Soren resigns, triggers political turmoil

Hemant Soren will lead the JMM legislative party, the alliance's leaders and MLAs agreed unanimously during a meeting held at Chief Minister Champai Soren's home here. "During the discussion, it was decided to swap Champai Soren with Hemant Soren.

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In a major development, coming from the state of Jharkhand on Wednesday, sitting CM Champai Soren is set to resign from his post. This comes shortly after Ex-CM Hemant Soren came out on bail. legislators in the party-led alliance in Jharkhand are expected to agree that JMM executive president Hemant Soren should serve as the state's chief minister for a third time. Hemant Soren will lead the JMM legislative party, the alliance's leaders and MLAs agreed unanimously during a meeting held at Chief Minister Champai Soren's home here. "During the discussion, it was decided to swap Champai Soren with Hemant Soren.

Hemant to take back the reigns? 

Hemant would become Jharkhand's 13th chief minister if sworn in. Jharkhand was split off from Bihar on November 15, 2000. Along with Hemant Soren's brother Basant and wife Kalpana, the meeting was also attended by Ghulam Ahmad Mir, the Congress's Jharkhand in-charge, and state president Rajesh Thakur. On June 28, Hemant Soren was granted bail by the high court in a money laundering case related to an alleged land swindle, and he was freed from jail after nearly five months. Before his arrest on January 31, he had submitted his resignation as the CM.

Champai Soren's tragic turn

At a meeting held today at Champai Soren's home, leaders of the ruling coalition agreed to Hemant Soren's homecoming. State President Rajesh Thakur, Congressman Ghulam Ahmad Mir, MLA Kalpana Soren, and Hemant Soren's wife attended the meeting.  After Chief Minister Champai Soren canceled all of her major programs today, rumors of a change of leadership surfaced.  With Jharkhand elections just months away, the JMM plans to use Hemant Soren as its face in the polls. However, Champai Soren's replacement will give the opposition BJP more ammunition leading up to the elections and reinforce its narrative of the dynasty.