Basant Soren

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
Cabinet Minister Government of Jharkhand
In office 16 February 2024 – 4 July 2024
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister	Champai Soren
Ministry Responsible	Road & Building Construction. Water Resources.
Preceded by	Hemant Soren
Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
Preceded by	Hemant Soren
Constituency	Dumka
Personal details
Born	(1977-09-01) 1 September 1977 (age 47) Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Political party	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Relations	Hemant Soren (Brother), Kalpana Soren (Sister In Law)
Parents	Shibu Soren (Father) Roopi Soren (Mother)
Residence(s)	Ranchi, Jharkhand
Occupation	Politician

Basant Soren is the younger son of JMM founder Shibu Soren and younger brother of CM Hemant Soren.^[2]

Political career

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]