JMM's Hemant Soren to meet Sonia Gandhi to invite her for swearing-in ceremony

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren will meet Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday to invite her for the swearing-in ceremony.

Soren had yesterday told media persons that the oath-taking ceremony will take place on December 29.

"We have requested the Governor to invite us to form government in the state," he added.

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JMM fought the election in alliance with Congress and Lalu Prasad`s Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) to win a comfortable majority with forty-seven seats in the 81-member house.

While the JMM won thirty seats, Congress and RJD secured sixteen and one seat in the recently concluded assembly polls.