In Jharkhand, the council of ministers of the Hemant Soren-led government took oath today. Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered the oath of office and secrecy to the ministers at a function at Raj Bhawan in Ranchi. A total of eleven ministers were inducted into the new State Cabinet. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has six Ministers, Congress four and one minister from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

Two women ministers were included in Hemant Soren cabinet. JMM have six Ministers including Sudivya Kumar, Chamra Linda, Yogendra Prasad, Ramdas Soren, Deepak Birua and Hafizul Hasan. Four Congress ministers are Deepika Pandey Singh, Radhakrishna Kishore, Irfan Ansari and Shilpa Neha Tirki. The lone Minister from RJD is Sanjay Prasad Yadav. Earlier Governor Santosh Kumar  Gangwar administered senior JMM leader Stephen Marandi as protam speaker.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand last week. The INDIA bloc comprising JMM, Congress and RJD secured 56 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly.