Breaking News: Hemant Soren expands Jharkhand cabinet, inducts 11 ministers

THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK

Ranchi, Dec 5: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren expanded his cabinet by inducting 11 ministers on Thursday.

The new inductees included four from the Congress, six from the JMM and one from the RJD.

Senior Congress leader Radha Krishna Kishore along with 10 ministers were administered the oath of office by Governor Santosh Gangwar at a ceremony in the Raj Bhavan.

Other notable persons from the Congress quota who were sworn in include Deepika Pandey Singh, Shilpi Neha Tirkey and Dr Irfan Ansari.

The six MLAs from the JMM quota included Deepak Birua, Chamra Linda, Ramdas Soren, Hafizul Hassan, Yogendra Prasad and Sudivya Kumar Sonu.

Sanjay Yadav will represent the RJD in the Hemant Soren cabinet.

The induction of 11 ministers completed the cabinet formation in Jharkhand after the return of Hemant Soren, who heads the INDIA bloc in Jharkhand.