Jharkhand government formation: Hemant Soren likely to take oath on December 27

After the outstanding victory of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Hemant Soren from Dumka and Barhait in the Jharkhand Assembly polls, Soren is likely to take oath as Chief Minister of the State, sources in Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party claimed. The Jharkhand JMM legislative party meeting to be held later today in Ranchi.

Meanwhile, his younger brother Basant Soren said that JMM-led alliance will form government in two-three days.

"As people's mandate is with us, we are forming government in 2-3 days," Basant told media reporters

Maharashtra scenario was completely different from Jharkhand, Basant said when asked if the government will be formed by the opposition alliance similar to Maharashtra.

Basant also lambasted at the former BJP government led by Raghubar Das and said, "People had decided what they have thought. Citizens had decided to remove the corrupted and arrogant government. They (BJP) do development by just saying and promising and we bring development by working on the ground."

He further said that if the party asks him to contest elections in the near future then he will surely fight.

Worth mentioning here, Hemant Soren won by a margin of 13,188 votes from the Dumka seat and from the Barhait assembly constituency by a margin of 25,740 votes. The probable chief minister candidate from the Congress-JMM-RJD alliance has defeated BJP's Simon Malto from the Barhait seat while on the Dumka seat he once again defeated BJP's incumbent candidate Lois Marandi. The alliance defeated the BJP which won 25 seats.

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