Hemant Soren Takes Oath As Jharkhand CM; Know Others To Have Served 4 Or More Terms

Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren on Thursday took oath as Jharkhand chief minister for the fourth time.

Opposition INDIA bloc leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal were present at Ranchi’s Morabadi Ground where Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered the oath of office.

Soren, wearing a kurta and pyjama, met his octogenarian father and JMM president Shibu Soren before taking oath.

The expansion of his cabinet will take place later.

This is the fourth stint of the JMM leader as Jharkhand chief minister. He became the 20th chief minister of an Indian state to have had four or more stints.

CHIEF MINISTERS TO HAVE SERVED 4 OR MORE TERMS

* Chandrababu Naidu (Andhra Pradesh) – 4th term running (14 yrs, 48 days)

* J Jayalaithaa (Tamil Nadu) – 5 terms (14 yrs, 124 days)

* Williamson Sangma (Meghalaya) – 4 terms (14 yrs, 221 days)

* SC Jamir (Nagaland) – 4 terms (15 yrs, 151 days)

* N Rangaswamy (Puducherry) – 4 terms (15 yrs, 174 days)

* Pratap Singh Rane (Goa) – 5 terms (15 yrs, 325 days)

* Mohanlal Sukhadia (Rajasthan) – 4 terms (16 yrs, 194 days)

* Shivraj Singh Chauhan (Madhya Pradesh) – 4 terms (16 yrs, 284 days)

* Yashwant Singh Parmar (Himachal Pradesh) – 4 terms (18 yrs, 83 days)

* Nitish Kumar (Bihar) – 6 terms running (18 yrs, 102 days)

* Parkash Singh Badal (Punjab) – 4 terms (18 yrs, 350 days)

* M Karunanidhi (Tamil Nadu) – 4 terms (18 yrs, 362 days)

* Manik Sarkar (Tripura) – 4 terms (19 yrs, 363 days)

* Virbhadra Singh (Himachal) – 5 terms (21 yrs, 13 days)

* Lal Thanhawla (Mizoram) – 4 terms (22 yrs, 60 days)

* Gegong Apang (Arunachal Pradesh) – 5 terms (22 yrs, 250 days)

* Jyoti Basu (West Bengal) – 5 terms (23 yrs, 137 days)

* Naveen Patnaik (Odisha) – 5 terms (24 yrs, 99 days)

* Pawan Kumar Chamling (Sikkim) – 5 terms (24 yrs, 165 days).

(Source: Wikipedia)