On Thursday, 11 MLAs, including six new faces and two women, took oath as ministers in the Hemant Soren administration in Jharkhand.
Of the 11 MPs sworn in as ministers, six are from the JMM and four from the Congress.
Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered the oath to the ministers at Ashok Udyan of the Raj Bhavan here.
The six JMM legislators, who took oath as ministers, are Sudivya Kumar, Deepak Birua, Ramdas Soren, Chamra Linda, Yogendra Prasad and Hafijul Hasan.
Congress MLAs Deepika Pandey Singh, Shilpi Neha Tirkey, Irfan Ansari and Radhakrishna Kishore were sworn in as ministers, while RJD’s Sanjay Prasad Yadav also found a berth.
JMM leader Hemant Soren took oath as the chief minister on November 28.
Six new faces have been inducted into the Hemant Soren government, while Deepika Pandey Singh, Irfan Ansari, Deepak Birua and Ramdas Soren have got ministerial positions for the second time and Hafizul Hasan for the third.
The swearing-in ceremony began with Stephen Marandi taking oath as the pro-tem speaker of the assembly.
Marandi, a senior JMM MLA, was appointed as pro-tem Speaker of the assembly after Hemant Soren took oath as the chief minister last week.
The CM, soon after the swearing-in ceremony told reporters, “Now our work will gain momentum and the government will move ahead with full speed.” Congress’ Shilpi Neha Tirkey thanked the senior leadership of the party for giving her the responsibility.
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Source: News18
