2024 was a very turbulent year in the politics of Jharkhand. With the arrest of cm hemant Soren in the very first month of the year, there was an uproar in the politics of the state. After this, the events kept changing dramatically throughout the year. This was the first year in the history of jharkhand, when the swearing-in ceremony was held thrice for the post of CM. In the year 2024 in jharkhand, incidents related to defection, resignation and rebellion created a lot of sensation in politics, and many new faces also appeared on the political stage. Being an election year, there was a lot of bitter verbal war between the leaders.
Political upheaval continued till the elections
On january 1, 2024, when people were immersed in the celebration of the New Year, the news of the resignation of JMM mla Sarfaraz ahmed of Gandey seat came. With his resignation, the discussion of a big change in the power top of jharkhand gained momentum. Actually, cm hemant Soren had feared that the ED could arrest him in the land scam.
In such a situation, he planned to hand over the CM's chair to his wife Kalpana Soren in his place. Under this plan, Sarfaraz ahmed vacated the assembly seat. So that Kalpana Soren could be made mla and then cm from his seat. Due to the opposition of sister-in-law Sita Soren, hemant could not fully execute this plan.
However, Kalpana Soren became an mla for the first time by contesting the by-election from the Gandey seat vacated by Sarfaraz ahmed and after this she became famous in the corridors of power.
On the night of january 31, the ED arrested cm hemant Soren after a long interrogation in the land scam. He resigned from the post of cm by going to raj bhavan late night in ED custody. hemant Soren remained in jail for five months, but this incident strengthened him politically.
The narrative was that he was sent to jail at the behest of the bjp government at the center. hemant Soren's image was that of a leader who does not bow down to the center and fights. He remained in jail during the lok sabha elections. During the elections, the JMM-led alliance was successful in setting the narrative that hemant Soren was tortured because he was a tribal.
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