The newly elected CM will have to prove his majority in a floor test to be scheduled in the next 10 days. Soren (67) is backed by 43 MLAs from the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal alliance.
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Champai Soren was the transport minister in the Hemant Soren government. He is the eldest son of Simal Soren, a farmer from the Jilinggoda village in the Saraikela-Kharsawan district.
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He actively participated in the Jharkhand movement in the late 90s along with Shibu Soren, and soon gained fame as the 'Jharkhand Tiger’.
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Champai Soren's political career took off after he won the Saraikela seat in a byelection in 1991 as an independent candidate.