Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan administered the oath to the ministers at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan at 4 pm.
Champai Soren, who had earlier replaced Hemant Soren as CM, is back in the cabinet. Other ministers who took oath included Congress's Dr Rameshwar Oraon, Banna Gupta, Irfan Ansari, Deepika Pandey Singh, JMM's Mithilesh Thakur, Deepak Birua, Baidyanath Ram, Hafeezul Hasan and RJD's Satyanand Bhokta.
It is noteworthy that Hemant Soren's younger brother Basant Soren and Congress leader Badal Patralekh have been dropped from the cabinet. Three new faces (Congress), Deepika Pandey Singh (Congress), and Baidyanath Ram (JMM).
Irfan Ansari has replaced former minister Alamgir Alam, who is currently in jail, while Deepika Pandey Singh has replaced Badal Patralekh. Baidyanath Ram replaced Basant Soren.
Hemant Soren took oath as CM for the third time on July 4. His government won the trust vote in a one-day special session of the Assembly on Monday.
On January 31, ED had arrested Hemant Soren in a money laundering case related to the land scam and he had to resign from the post of CM. He was replaced by Champai Soren, who resigned on 4 July following Hemant Soren's release from jail on 28 June.
Champai Soren, who had earlier replaced Hemant Soren as CM, is back in the cabinet. Other ministers who took oath included Congress's Dr Rameshwar Oraon, Banna Gupta, Irfan Ansari, Deepika Pandey Singh, JMM's Mithilesh Thakur, Deepak Birua, Baidyanath Ram, Hafeezul Hasan and RJD's Satyanand Bhokta.
It is noteworthy that Hemant Soren's younger brother Basant Soren and Congress leader Badal Patralekh have been dropped from the cabinet. Three new faces (Congress), Deepika Pandey Singh (Congress), and Baidyanath Ram (JMM).
Irfan Ansari has replaced former minister Alamgir Alam, who is currently in jail, while Deepika Pandey Singh has replaced Badal Patralekh. Baidyanath Ram replaced Basant Soren.
Hemant Soren took oath as CM for the third time on July 4. His government won the trust vote in a one-day special session of the Assembly on Monday.
On January 31, ED had arrested Hemant Soren in a money laundering case related to the land scam and he had to resign from the post of CM. He was replaced by Champai Soren, who resigned on 4 July following Hemant Soren's release from jail on 28 June.
