Shibu Soren
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Shibu Soren (born January 11, 1944) is an Indian politician. He is the chief of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
He was born in Nemra village of Hazaribagh district in Bihar. He completed his schooling from the same district. After schooling, he got married and decided to work with his father who was a farmer. He started his political career in the early 1970s. He became a tribal leader. On January 23, 1975, he allegedly led a mob that attacked the Muslim-dominated Chirudih village in Jamtara district in a campaign to drive away "outsiders", a term used to describe non-tribals. Ten people including nine Muslims were killed in the attack. He was charged with 68 others for murder. He lost his first Lok Sabha election in 1977. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980. In 1986, an arrest warrant was issued against him. He was subsequently elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989, 1991 and 1996 as well. In 2002, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He won the Dumka Lok Sabha seat in a by-election the same year and resigned his Rajya Sabha seat. He was re-elected in 2004.
He became the Union Coal Minister in the Manmohan Singh government (2004-2009) but was asked to resign following an arrest warrant in his name in a 30 year old case of killing 11 people in Chirrudih. After the warrant was issued, he initially went underground. He resigned on July 24, 2004. He is a member of the Lok Sabha representing Dumka, Jharkhand elected for the sixth time to the Lok Sabha in 2004.
On March 2, 2005, he was invited to form the government in Jharkhand by the Governor of Jharkhand, Syed Sibtey Razi and appointed as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He resigned on March 11 following his failure to obtain a vote of confidence in the assembly.
He has three sons and a daughter.
External links
- "Controversies have always tailed Shibu Soren" - 123bharath.com article dated July 20, 2004 (http://www.123bharath.com/india-news/index.php?action=fullnews&id=3427)
- "Jharkhand cops chasing Union minister with arrest warrant" (http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jul/21soren.htm) - rediff.com article dated July 21, 2004.
- "Shibu Soren goes underground" (http://web.mid-day.com/news/city/2004/july/88218.htm) - Mid Day article dated July 21, 2004.
- "PM asks Shibu Soren to resign" (http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/regional/delhi/20040724-0.html) - Indian Express article dated July 24, 2004.
- "Shibu Soren resigns after arrest warrant" (http://in.news.yahoo.com/040724/137/2f4lr.html) - Yahoo! India News story dated July 24, 2004.
- "Shibu Soren:from farmer's son to fugitive minister (PROFILE)" - 123bharath.com article dated July 24, 2004 (http://www.123bharath.com/world-news/index.php?action=fullnews&id=4269)
- "Shibu Soren appointed as Chief Minister of Jharkhand" (http://news.indiainfo.com/2005/03/02/0203soren.html) - Indiainfo.com article dated March 2, 2005
- "Shibu Soren sworn in as Jharkhand CM" (http://in.rediff.com/election/2005/mar/02soren.htm) - rediff.com article dated March 2, 2005hi:शिबू सोरेन