Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren is set to visit Raj Bhavan at 4 PM to tender his resignation and stake a

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will retain the state's top post after he was unanimously elected as the legislature party leader by INDIA bloc allies following the alliance's victory in the recently-held Jharkhand Assembly Elections,

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led INDIA bloc stormed back to power in Jharkhand.

Devendra Fadnavis hailed Mahayuti's "unprecedented victory," and said there "will be no dispute over CM's face". State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule pushes for Fadnavis as new CM.

Hemant Soren, leader of the INDIA bloc, has been elected as the legislature party leader in Jharkhand. He met with Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar and staked claim to form the government after his alliance secured 56 seats in the Assembly elections.

Hemant Soren, aged 49, is set to begin his second consecutive term as chief minister, reaffirming his stronghold on Jharkhand’s tribal electorate.

In a remarkable comeback, Soren’s JMM-led alliance secured a second consecutive term in power on November 23 winning 56 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly, despite fierce competition from the BJP-led NDA,

The JMM will present its claim to form the government before the governor today and Hemant Soren will take oath as CM on6

Hemant Soren is scheduled to meet Jharkhand Governor Santosh Gangwar at 4 pm today, November 24, to formally stake his claim to form the government.

After registering a decisive victory in the Jharkhand Assembly elections, Hemant Soren is set to take oath as Chief Minister on Monday, sources said.