Basant Soren | |
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| Cabinet Minister Government of Jharkhand | |
| In office 16 February 2024 –4 July 2024 | |
| Governor | C. P. Radhakrishnan |
| Chief Minister | Champai Soren |
| Ministry Responsible |
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| Preceded by | Hemant Soren |
| Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Hemant Soren |
| Constituency | Dumka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1977 Ranchi,Jharkhand,India |
| Political party | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
| Relations | Hemant Soren (Brother),Kalpana Soren (Sister In Law) |
| Parents |
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| Residence(s) | Ranchi,Jharkhand |
| Occupation | Politician |
Basant Soren is an Indian Politician and a member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha political party. He is the current cabinet minister for ministry of roads &buildings and construction &water resources in Government of Jharkhand and a member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Dumka constituency. [1]
Basant Soren is the younger son of JMM founder Shibu Soren and younger brother of CM Hemant Soren. [2]
Basant contested in the Rajya Sabha elections in 2016 as JMM candidate and lost. [3] He contested in a 2020 by- election held for Dumka Assembly as a JMM candidate and defeated his nearest BJP rival Louis Marandi by a margin of 6,842 votes. Basant Soren secured 80,552 votes and Louis Marandi got 73,717 votes. [4] [5]
Basant Soren took oath as road &buildings construction and water resources minister in the Champai Soren-led government in Jharkhand on 16 February 2024. [6]