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After taking centrestage in the BJP-JMM talks that signalled a reprieve - for the time being - for his father, Shibu Soren, Hemant Soren is clearly not content to remain in the sidelines anymore. In fact, Shibu Soren's third child is now aiming for the chief minister's post - if not now then in the near future. And the 34-year-old even has his father's blessings, as Soren anointed him as his "rightful inheritor" soon after Hemant was made the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's legislature party leader in February.But Hemant has not found ready acceptance in the party. Party stalwarts were hoping to elect a leader from amongst themselves. There were quite a few probable candidates - Simon Marandi, Teklal Mahato, Hemlal Murmu and some others. But this was not what Guruji (Soren) had in mind."I built the party brick by brick. If he (Hemant) does not carry forward my work, who else will?" says Soren.Even as senior party leaders, including Marandi and Mahato, refused to accept him as their leader, Hemant left no stone unturned in his quest to grab power. He is learnt to be instrumental in making his father cast his vote against the Opposition-sponsored cut motion in Parliament. His aim was to shift the focus from the bypoll to Guruji's retirement and thereby put himself in the spotlight.So when the BJP decided to withdraw support to the Jharkhand government, Hemant swung into action and got two letters drafted on behalf of his father, apologising for voting against the cut motion and blaming it on his ill-health. In one of the letters sent to BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Soren agreed to step down as CM but laid down one condition: the BJP should choose a tribal as the next CM.So far, the BJP has neither found a tribal leader to take Soren's place nor has it withdrawn support. And Soren has gained time to re-evaluate whether he should quit as CM and not contest the Assembly bypoll.Even the dissidence within the party took a backseat. On April 28, Hemant attended a meeting convened by Congress MLA Gopal Sharan Nath Shahdeo at his residence in Ratu, indicating that he and his father were not averse to exploring a new coalition government led by the Congress. He has swiftly manoeuvered himself into a powerful position that makes him de facto CM and head of the JMM. But he may still find it difficult to establish himself among his native Santhal tribe, let alone the entire state.Born in 1975, Hemant was raised in Bokaro steel city along with Durga, sister Anjali,and younger brother Basant.Hemant did Matric and Intermediate in Science from Patna University. He dropped out of the BE (Mechanical) course at the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, and became the JMM's students' wing president after the creation of the state in 2000. He is known to be the person behind the computerisation of the JMM office.During the past decade, Hemant, who was elected as MLA from Dumka, represented in the Lok Sabha by his father, has been named in four criminal cases including two non-bailable ones - attempt to murder and destruction of official records.
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