Kochi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren, 81, died today, media reports said.
The former Union Minister, who founded Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, was under treatment at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for over a month and his condition had turned critical over the past few days.
Soren’s son and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren shared the news of his father’s death on X.
Soren was elected to the Lok Sabha eight times and served as a Rajya Sabha MP for two terms.
Soren was born in the Ramgarh district in erstwhile Bihar. Soren played a key role in the of Jharkhand by splitting Bihar in 2000.
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