"Historic day for Jharkhand": JMM's Mahua Maji ahead of Hemant Soren's oath-taking

Ranchi: JMM leader Mahua Maji said it was a "historic day" for the party as Hemant Soren will once again take the oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
Speaking to ANI, Maji said, "It is a historic day for us and the whole of Jharkhand. All the power in the country was trying to defeat the JMM and INDIA alliance from Jharkhand. But they have been defeated themselves. The people have made them learn a lesson."
Hemant Soren will take the oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand today, after the JMM-led alliance won a majority in the Assembly elections.
Earlier this week, Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital.
"Greetings to all of you. There will be meetings even in the days ahead. There are a lot of things. We have to form our government. We came here for blessings," Hemant Soren told ANI.
This is the first time in Jharkhand that an incumbent government, which has completed five years in office, has returned to power. Hemant Soren has tendered his resignation as Jharkhand Chief Minister to the Governor Santosh Gangwar and staked a claim to form government at the Raj Bhawan.
Hemant Soren-led JMM steered the INDIA bloc to victory with 56 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly. The JMM won 34 seats, while its allies secured 22 seats. Among the allies, the Congress won 16 seats, the RJD won four, and the CPI-ML won two seats.
The BJP-led NDA won only 24 seats in Jharkhand. The BJP secured 21 seats, while its allies the AJSU party, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and JD-U won one seat each.
Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha won a seat with its chief, Jairam Kumar Mahato, emerging victorious in the Dumri constituency.