Hemant Soren

Hemant Soren
5th Chief Minister of Jharkhand
In office
13 July 2013 – 28 December 2014
Preceded by President's rule
Succeeded by Raghubar Das
Member, Rajya Sabha
In office
24 June 2009 – 4 January 2010
Personal details
Born (1975-08-10) 10 August 1975
Ramgarh district, Bihar, India
(now in Jharkhand, India)

Hemant Soren (born 10 August 1975) was the 5th Chief minister of Jharkhand, a state in Eastern India.[1][2]

He holds the record of being the youngest Chief Minister in India.[3]

He belongs to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). JMM is one of the very few political parties in India whose leadership is entirely tribal as compared to national parties which do have MPs and MLAs from tribal backgrounds but mostly in reserved constituencies. For further inquires contact JMM State office[4]

Hemant believes in keeping pace with changing times which is why he launched the official website of JMM in 2014.[5]

Early life

Soren was born in Nemara in Ramgarh district, Jharkhand to Roopi and Shibu Soren, former Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Hemant has two brothers and a sister. His educational qualification is Intermediate from Patna High School, Patna.[6] As per affidavit filed before Election Commission, Hemant enrolled in BIT Mesra, Ranchi in Mechanical Engineering, but did not complete the course.[7][8]

Career

He was a member of Rajya Sabha from 24 June 2009 to 4 January 2010.[9]

As Chief Minister

He was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand on 15 July 2013 with support from Congress and RJD after President's rule was removed from the state.

As Leader of Opposition (Currently)

As a leader of opposition, he has been at the forefront of raising issues affecting the poor and vulnerable citizens in the state.

In 2016, the BJP government in Jharkhand tried amending the Chhota Nagpur Tenancy (CNT) Act and the Santhal Pargana Tenancy (SPT) Act which would allow owners and tenants of Adivasi land to use it for non-agricultural purposes and the other would allow transfer of Adivasi land for building roads, canals, educational institutions, hospitals and other "government purposes". This led to huge protests in the state and Hemant had strongly protested against these amendments.[10]

CM Raghubar Das had invited Hemant to the Global Investors Summit in 2017, but Hemant called the summit a "maha chintan shivir of land grabbers" and claimed that it is being organised to loot the land of Adivasis, Moolvasis and the farmers of the state.[11]

In October 2017, he had demanded a CBI inquiry into the death of 11-year-old girl Santoshi Kumari who allegedly died of starvation in Simdega as the family was not given ration since July for not having Aadhaar number seeded to their bank account. Soren also demanded action against Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, who, he said, had passed an order through video conferencing to remove the names of the families having not linked their Ration Cards with their Aadhaar number.[12]

He has been a vocal protestor of the Direct Benefit Transfer in PDS and recently, voiced his concerns on how the scheme has caused tremendous suffering and injustice.[13]. In April 2018, a JMM delegation led by Hemant Soren and his father Shibu Soren met the Hon'ble President Ramnath Kovind registering a strong protest on the dilution of the SC/ST by the Supreme Court and proposed amendments to the LARR Bill by the Jharkhand government [14]

In March 2018, Hemant Soren met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao regarding a possible non-Congress and non-BJP front should be formed in the country. [15]. However, he also attended a dinner hosted by UPA Chaiperson Sonia Gandhi where the agenda was to discuss a broader front against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the 2019 general elections. [16]

He supports the call for banning liquor in Jharkhand on the footsteps of Bihar. [17] In response to the entry of liquor retail outlets in the state, he said “Now government will open liquor outlets in villages, which will ultimately impact the lives of poor tribals in Jharkhand. I appeal to the rural residents of the state to not allow liquor outlets in their villages.” He added women organizations would have to come forward to launch a struggle against government’s liquor campaign.[18]

Personal life

Hemant Soren is married to Kalpana and has two sons. He has a younger brother, Basant, and a sister, Anjali. [19] He is ardent follower of Birsa Munda, the 19th century tribal warrior and takes inspiration from his courage and valour. [20]

References

  1. ↑ "Hemant Soren becomes Jharkhand CM, heads 9th government in 13 years - The Times of India". India Times. 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013. JMM leader Hemant Soren, son of party chief Shibu Soren, was on Saturday sworn in as the new chief minister of Jharkhand
  2. ↑ "Hemant Soren, ninth CM of Jharkhand". The Hindu. 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MLA Hemant Soren was sworn in as Jharkhand’s ninth Chief Minister
  3. ↑ DNAInida. "Hemant Soren to be sworn-in Jharkhand chief minister on Saturday". Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  4. ↑ https://scroll.in/article/829871/why-dalit-and-adivasi-political-dynasties-lag-behind-those-of-forward-and-even-backward-castes
  5. ↑ https://www.avenuemail.in/ranchi/need-keep-pace-changing-times-hemant-soren/58203/
  6. ↑ Honorable Chief Minister of Jharkhand Shri Raghubar Das Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Team Hemant on shaky ground: Many cases against Cabinet hopefuls". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  8. ↑ Meet Hemant Soren, the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand 13 July 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Alphabetical List Of All Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". 164.100.47.5. 2013. Soren Shri Hemant Jh from Dumka
  10. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/jharkhand-should-not-tamper-with-cnt-spt-acts-hemant-soren/articleshow/56614931.cms
  11. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/soren-turns-down-invitation-to-intimidation-of-poor-summit/articleshow/57159667.cms
  12. ↑ http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/ranchi/hemant-soren-seeks-cbi-probe-into-hunger-death-case.html
  13. ↑ http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/ranchi/hemant-junks-dbt-backs-old-ration-system.html
  14. ↑ https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/trial-bias-221589
  15. ↑ https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/jmm-leader-hemant-soren-calls-on-telangana-cm/1279215
  16. ↑ https://topyaps.com/congress-trolled-dinner-party
  17. ↑ https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/after-bihar-minister-asks-cm-to-ban-alcohol-in-jharkhand/story-S3HiehvhNBHSzxuOEOyQyM.html
  18. ↑ https://www.hindustantimes.com/ranchi/jharkhand-entry-into-liquor-retail-upsets-mins-oppn/story-ABCsWaF29nY7F50GHbZG3L.html
  19. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-hemant-soren-once-unlikely-successor-is-jharkhand-s-new-chief-minister-1860579
  20. ↑ http://jharkhandstatenews.com/article/top-stories/735/jharkhand-foundation-day-birsa-munda-paid-tributes-ranchi-light-up/
Preceded by
President's rule		 Chief Minister of Jharkhand
13 July 2013 – 26 December 2014		 Succeeded by
Raghubar Das
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