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Former Jharkhand CM Champai Soren was placed under house arrest in Ranchi amid tribal protests against land acquisition for a state-run health institute. His son Babulal Soren and supporters were also detained. Soren termed the action undemocratic and politically motivated.

. In the 2019 elections, the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance secured 25 of these seats, while the BJP managed only 13.

Says he hasn't met any BJP leader and he is in the national capital on a "personal" visit

The Jharkhand CM has directed the personnel department to prepare a draft (SoP for conducting the survey) and place it before the cabinet for approval, he said.

Seventy-seven MLAs were present in the assembly during the voting.

The order prohibits the gathering of five or more individuals, except for government officials, employees engaged in official duties, and participants in judicial and religious activities.

Making 1932 the cut-off year for the domicile policy will help descendants of those, who were living in present-day Jharkhand before that year, avail benefits in various schemes and get government jobs.

Hemant Soren designated Champai Soren as his successor, and the latter requested some time from the governor to prove his majority.

Champai Soren, earlier in the day, wrote a letter to the Governor staking a claim to form the new government in the state.

Jharkhand Transport Minister Champai Soren said that he has the support of 47 legislators, enough to form a government in the 81 member Assembly state.

The governor's Principal Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni told PTI: “We have invited him to take oath. Now they will decide when to take it”