Hemant Soren: Not the first choice of his father Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo Shibu Soren for inheriting his political legacy, Hemant Soren was groomed in politics after his elder brother Durga Soren died of suspected kidney failure in 2009.
He is currently in the eye of the storm in the wake of a crisis situation in Jharkhand where a threat to Hemant Soren being disqualified as an MLA has arisen.
The arrest of three Congress MLAs with cash and cross-voting by nine ruling alliance legislators in the presidential election has created stability worries for the JMM-led Jharkhand government
He is only the third Jharkhand chief minister to complete a second anniversary in office and only the second to rule without leaning on independents and smaller groups