In the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance, which includes Congress and RJD, has 47 MLAs, including 29 of JMM, 17 of Congress, and 1 of RJD.
Champai Soren took oath as Chief Minister of Jharkhand Friday afternoon, two days after Hemant Soren's dramatic, and controversial, arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.
Hemant Soren, the de-facto chief of the JMM, was arrested by the ED on Wednesday night after nearly seven hours of questioning on money laundering charges in an alleged land fraud case.