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Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren wins confidence motion in Assembly

Hemant Soren, the chief minister of Jharkhand, won a confidence motion on Monday that he tabled in the Assembly amid a walkout staged by the BJP legislatures. In the 81-member House, the motion of the ruling coalition was passed with 48 votes. The BJP, its affiliate AJSU Party, and two independents boycotted the vote, yet the motion nonetheless passed. In a special one-day session earlier, he...