Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Meets PM Modi – News18

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren meets PM Modi.
(Image:X/@HemantSorenJMM)

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren meets PM Modi.
(Image:X/@HemantSorenJMM)

After spending around five months in prison, he secured bail and became chief minister again on July 4

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, days after he took charge of the post again.

Positing a picture on X from his meeting with the prime minister, Soren said the meeting was a “courtesy call”.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) executive president had resigned as the chief minister before his arrest on January 31 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.

After spending around five months in prison, he secured bail and became chief minister again on July 4.

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