RANCHI, Dec 27: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren will be sworn in as Chief Minister on December 30 at the Marabadi grounds here. Soren met Governor K Sankarnarayanan on Sunday afternoon and expressed his desire to take the oath on December 30 and the Governor accepted his request.
“Now Soren will be Chief Minister and I appeal to the people to remain awake,” Soren told reporters after the meeting.
Earlier, the Governor asked President Pratibha Patil to revoke President’s rule in the State to allow a new government to be formed, Raj Bhavan sources said on Sunday. The Governor sent a report to the President on the political situation in Jharkhand after the November 25-December 18 Assembly elections, a source in the Governor’s house told IANS.
Soren on Saturday staked claim to forming the government with a list of 45 legislators supporting him in the 81-member House. He is being supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), All Jharkhand Students’ Union (AJSU), Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and two independents.
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