Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren expanded his cabinet 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 cabinet. JMM has six Ministers and Congress four, while one Minister from RJD.

Earlier, Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered senior JMM leader Stephen Marandi as protem speaker.

Hemant Soren had taken oath as chief minister of Jharkhand on the 28th of November.