Jharkhand Cabinet Expansion: 11 Ministers, Including 4 Congress and 1 RJD, Sworn In

This cabinet includes six new and five old faces.

In Jharkhand, 11 ministers were sworn into the Hemant Soren-led cabinet. The ceremony took place at Raj Bhavan on Thursday, with Governor Santosh Gangwar administering the oath of office and secrecy.

The new cabinet includes Deepak Birua, Ramdas Soren, Hafizul Hasan, Sudivya Kumar Sonu, Yogendra Mahato, and Chamra Linda from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Additionally, Dipika Pandey Singh, Irfan Ansari, Radha Krishna Kishore, and Shilpi Neha Tirkey from Congress, and Sanjay Prasad Yadav from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have also taken the oath.

This cabinet includes six new and five old faces. The new members include Sonu, Linda, Mahato from JMM, Kishore and Tirkey from Congress, and Sanjay Yadav from RJD. Chief Minister Soren had taken oath alone on November 28. His four-party alliance had won 56 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly in the elections held on November 13 and 20, achieving a grand victory.