Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and Wife Meet Sonia Gandhi in Delhi

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, along with his wife and party leader Kalpana Soren, met senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi. The meeting took place days after Soren took oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand.

Taking to ‘X’, Hemant Soren wrote, “Today I met senior Congress leader respected Mrs Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi.” The Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) are allies in the INDIA bloc and fought the Lok Sabha polls together.

After the meeting, Soren told reporters that discussions on the upcoming state assembly elections, which will elect 81 legislators, would continue. He mentioned, “I hadn’t met Sonia Gandhi after coming out of jail, that is why I came to meet her. Discussions for Jharkhand Assembly elections will continue…”

Soren also criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), claiming that it has ‘humiliated’ the judiciary. He expressed hope that Kejriwal would be granted bail soon.

Earlier this month, Hemant Soren was sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Jharkhand, replacing Champai Soren, who resigned after five months in office. Hemant Soren was released from Birsa Munda Jail on June 28 after nearly five months, following bail from Jharkhand High Court in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. He had resigned as Chief Minister before his arrest on January 31.