Hemant wins trust vote, new ministers including Champai Soren take oath

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren won the trust vote in the state assembly in Ranchi on Monday. He took oath as CM on July 4.

Amid walkout by Opposition BJP and allies, the Soren government received 45 votes in the House.

Soon after the trust vote, Soren expanded his ministry. Six ministers from JMM, four from Congress and one from RJD took oath.


Former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren also took oath as minister in the Soren government.

In the assembly, Opposition members protested when Hemant Soren started to speak on the trust vote. He said that people of Jharkhand will give BJP a befitting reply in the upcoming assembly polls. "BJP thinks that they will be able to buy or loot public opinion like in other states by misusing agencies. But they forget that we are Jharkhandis."