Ranchi, December 23: Hemant Soren is the chief ministerial face of the tri-party alliance comprising the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Going by the current trends of the Jharkhand assembly elections 2019, Hemant Soren is most likely to be next chief minister of the state. At the time of filing this copy, the JMM-Congress-RJD combine was leading on 39 out of 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was ahead in 29 constituencies.

Hemant Soren is the working president of the JMM which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. Born on August 10, 1975, to former Union Minister Shibu Soren and Roopi, Hemant Soren entered politics in 2005 when he unsuccessfully contested assembly polls from Dumka. He grew under the shadow of his elder brother Durga who was considered as the political heir of Shibu Soren. However, Durga's death brought Hemant to the senior JMM leadership in 2009. Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2019: Babulal Marandi's JVM, Sudesh Mahato's AJSU Likely to Emerge Kingmaker if State Heads for Fractured Mandate.

Hemant, who had a brief stint as a Rajya Sabha, became the deputy chief minister of Jharkhand in September 2010. An adherent follower of Birsa Munda, the nineteenth-century tribal warrior, Hemant headed the JMM-Congress-RJD government in 2013 and served as the youngest chief minister till December 2014. According to his nomination papers filed before the Election Commission in 2005 and 2009, Hemant is an intermediate pass.

Hemant Soren is married to Kalpana and the couple have two sons. He has a younger brother, Basant Soren, and a sister, Anjali Soren. His father Shibu Soren has served thrice as chief minister of Jharkhand. Hemant's elder brother Durga was MLA from Jama from 1995 to 2005. Durga's wife Sita Soren is current MLA from Jama. Hemant's younger brother Basant is president of the Jharkhand Yuva Morcha a youth wing of the JMM.

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