Jharkhand: Governor invites Soren to form govt

Jharkhand Governor K Sankarananaryanan on Sunday invited JMM chief Shibu Soren [ Images ] to form the new government in Jharkhand.

After Soren met the Governor for 10 minutes, the latter asked him to take the oath on December 30 at 2 pm, Raj Bhavan sources said.

The JMM supremo, along with the BJP-LP leader Raghubar Das and AJSU-LP head Sudesh Mahto, had on Saturday called on the Governor and submitted letters of support of 42 MLAs in the 81-member House.

Later, last night, the figure swelled to 44 after the JD-U also handed over a letter of support of its two MLAs (to JMM) to the governor.