Jailer's Box To Ballot Box: Hemant Soren Scripts 2nd Comeback In A Year

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in January and released on bail in June.

For Hemant Soren, the beginning and end of 2024 could not have been more different. 

Less than a month into the year, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate in a land scam case and he had made sure he resigned as the Jharkhand chief minister before he was arrested. Now, with a month left in the year, Mr Soren has emerged as the architect of a thumping victory, ensuring that the INDIA alliance remains in power in the state and he gets a second straight term as chief minister. 

The JMM leader also suffered multiple other setbacks in between.