CM Hemant Soren expands cabinet, eight new faces included

New Delhi (Team Newsbuddy): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has expanded his cabinet. Hemant Soren has also included former Chief Minister Champai Soren in the total 11-member cabinet.

The Governor administered the oath to all the ministers on Monday. There are eight old faces in the cabinet. Three new ministers have been sworn in. Deepika Pandey Singh has also been included in these from the Congress quota.

Deepika Pandey Singh was given a ticket by the Congress against Nishikant Dubey from the Godda seat in the Lok Sabha elections, but a few days after the announcement of the ticket, the Congress changed the candidate and she lost that seat to the BJP.

Since then there was talk of making Deepika Pandey Singh a minister. She is an MLA from Mahagama assembly constituency of Godda district.

Hemant Soren’s cabinet is like this-

Champai Soren
Dr. Rameshwar Oraon
Mithilesh Kumar Thakur ⁠
Baby Devi
Deepika Pandey Singh
Hafizul Hasan
Baijnath Ram
Banna Gupta ⁠
Deepak Birua
Satyanand Bhokta
⁠Irfan Ansari