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	The Delhi High Court on 23 August 2007 overruled the District Court and acquitted Soren, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121017232726/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-08-23/india/27976196_1_hc-acquits-soren-shibu-soren-chirudih-massacre-case] stating that "The trial court's analysis is far from convincing and not sustainable."		The Delhi High Court on 23 August 2007 overruled the District Court and acquitted Soren, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121017232726/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-08-23/india/27976196_1_hc-acquits-soren-shibu-soren-chirudih-massacre-case] stating that "The trial court's analysis is far from convincing and not sustainable."

	The five men convicted by the [[Tis Hazari]] court were held guilty of criminal conspiracy, abduction and murder primarily on the basis of [[forensic evidence]] provided by a post-mortem report of a body discovered in Jharkhand, namely a skull superimposition test and skull injury report. This was in addition to eyewitness accounts and some circumstantial evidence.<ref name="HT">[http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=97a99e43-93c7-45a8-81e6-424282ec1a14&&Headline=Shibu+Soren%e2%80%99s+aquittal+on+expected+lines Shibu Soren’s aquittal [sic] on expected lines] ''[[Hindustan Times]]''. 23 August 2007. {{dead link\|date=October 2017\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref>		The five men convicted by the [[Tis Hazari]] court were held guilty of criminal conspiracy, abduction and murder primarily on the basis of [[forensic evidence]] provided by a post-mortem report of a body discovered in Jharkhand, namely a skull superimposition test and skull injury report. This was in addition to eyewitness accounts and some circumstantial evidence.<ref name="HT">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024434/http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=97a99e43-93c7-45a8-81e6-424282ec1a14&&Headline=Shibu+Soren%e2%80%99s+aquittal+on+expected+lines Shibu Soren’s aquittal [sic] on expected lines] ''[[Hindustan Times]]''. 23 August 2007. {{dead link\|date=October 2017\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref>

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==

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{{short description|Indian politician and former chief minister of Jharkhand}}
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{{Infobox Indian politician
| image = Shibu Soren.jpg
| caption =
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 22 June 2020
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Prem Chand Gupta]]
| constituency1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| office2 = 3rd [[List of Chief Ministers of Jharkhand|Chief Minister of Jharkhand]]
| term_start2 = 30 December 2009
| term_end2 = 31 May 2010
| governor2 = [[K. Sankaranarayanan]]<br>[[M. O. H. Farook]]
| deputy2 = [[Raghubar Das]]<br>[[Sudesh Mahto]]
| predecessor2 = [[President's rule]]
| successor2 = [[President's rule]]
| term_start3 = 27 August 2008
| term_end3 = 18 January 2009
| governor3 = [[Syed Sibtey Razi]]
| deputy3 = [[Stephen Marandi]]
| predecessor3 = [[Madhu Koda]]
| successor3 = [[President's rule]]
| term_start4 = 2 March 2005
| term_end4 = 12 March 2005
| governor4 = [[Syed Sibtey Razi]]
| predecessor4 = [[Arjun Munda]]
| successor4 = [[Arjun Munda]]
| office5 = [[Ministry of Coal|Minister of Coal]]
| primeminister5 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start5 = 29 January 2006
| term_end5 = 28 November 2006
| predecessor5 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| successor5 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| primeminister6 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start6 = 27 November 2004
| term_end6 = 2 March 2005
| predecessor6 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| successor6 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| primeminister7 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start7 = 23 May 2004
| term_end7 = 24 July 2004
| predecessor7 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| successor7 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| office8 = [[Member of Parliament|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start8 = 2002
| term_end8 = 2019
| predecessor8 = [[Babulal Marandi]]
| successor8 = [[Sunil Soren]]
| constituency8 = [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]]
| term_start9 = 1989
| term_end9 = 1998
| predecessor9 = [[Prithvi Chand Kisku]]
| successor9 = [[Babulal Marandi]]
| constituency9 = [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]]
| term_start10 = 1980
| term_end10 = 1984
| predecessor10 = [[Babulal Marandi]]
| successor10 = [[Prithvi Chand Kisku]]
| constituency10 = [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|1|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ramgarh district|Ramgarh]], [[Bihar Province|Bihar]], [[British India]] (Now in [[Jharkhand]], [[India]])
| residence = [[Bokaro Steel City|Bokaro]]
| party = [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
| spouse = [[Roopi Soren]]
| children = {{unbulleted list|[[Durga Soren]]|[[Hemant Soren]]|[[Basant Soren]]|[[Anjali Soren]]}}
| footnotes =
| date = 25 September|
| year = 2006|
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20060619230325/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=2917
}}

'''Shibu Soren''' (born 11 January 1944) is an Indian politician who thrice served as [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand]], first in 2005 for 10 days (2 March to 12 March), then from 2008 to 2009 and again from 2009 to 2010.<ref>{{cite web|publisher = Rediff|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/27jhar.htm|title = Shibu Soren sworn in as Jharkhand CM|accessdate = 30 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher = IndianKanoon|url = http://indiankanoon.org/doc/782555/|title = Shibu Soren vs Cbi on 10 March, 1999|accessdate = 10 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-28/india/27801788_1_ajay-kumar-mehta-shailendra-bhattacharya-shashi-nath-jha|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131105105051/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-28/india/27801788_1_ajay-kumar-mehta-shailendra-bhattacharya-shashi-nath-jha|url-status = dead|archive-date = 5 November 2013|work = [[The Times of India]]|title = Shibu Soren, four others convicted in murder case|accessdate = 28 November 2006}}</ref> He was sworn in as the third [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand]] on 30 December 2009 after winning the Jharkhand Assembly elections.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/29soren.htm|title = Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren wins trust vote|accessdate = 2008-08-29}}</ref> He resigned on 30 May 2010 after failing to obtain coalition support from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], his national party partner.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/31/stories/2010053158860100.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601212527/http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/31/stories/2010053158860100.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 June 2010 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Shibu Soren resigns; trust vote today | date=31 May 2010}}</ref> He previously represented the [[Dumka (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Dumka]] constituency of Jharkhand in the [[14th Lok Sabha]], and is the President of the [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] (JMM) political party, a constituent of the [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]].

On 9 January 2009, Soren was defeated in the by-election for the Tamar assembly constituency by political novice Gopal Krishan Patar, alias Raja Peter, of the Jharkhand Party by a margin of over 9,000 votes. Sooner he contested another bye polls after the rebel BJP MLA [[Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya]] resigned from his seat in his favour and soren won the bye election from that Jamtara constituency. But the Government could not lasts longer. In 2009 After the Assembly elections Soren once again formed the Government along with the BJP, and was sworn in as Chief Minister of Jharkhand on 30 December 2009.

He was the Minister for Coal in the [[Union Cabinet]] in November 2006, when a Delhi district court found him guilty in the murder of his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha in 1994.<ref name=rediff>
{{cite news
| title = Shibu Soren guilty in murder case, quits cabinet
| author = PTI
| publisher = rediff.com
| url = http://us.rediff.com/news/2006/nov/28soren.htm?q=tp&file=.htm
| date = 28 November 2006
| accessdate = 2007-05-12
}}</ref> He has also been indicted in the past on other criminal charges.

==Life==
Soren was born in Nemra village of [[Ramgarh district]], in what was, at the time, [[Bihar]] [[States and territories of India|state]], India. He belongs to [[Santal]] tribe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shibu-Soren|title=Shibu Soren|website=britannica}}</ref> He completed his schooling in the same district. During his schooling his father was murdered by thugs employed by money lenders.

At the age of 18, he formed the Santhal Navyuvak Sangh.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/shibu-soren-sworn-in-as-jharkhand-chief-minister/articleshow/5394522.cms|title=Shibu Soren sworn in as Jharkhand Chief Minister|website=economictimes}}</ref>
In 1972, Bengali Maxist trade union leader [[A. K. Roy]], Kurmi-Mahato leader [[Binod Bihari Mahato]] and Santal leader Shibu Soren formed [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]. Soren became the general secretary of JMM. JMM organised agitations to reclaim the tribal lands which were alienated. They started forcibly harvesting in the lands. Shibu Soren was known for delivering summary justice against landlords and money lenders, sometimes by holding own courts.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abENAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA75&dq|title=Remapping India: New States and their Political Origins|isbn=9781849042291|last1=Tillin|first1=Louise|date=October 2013}}</ref> On 23 January 1975, he allegedly incited a campaign to drive away "outsiders", or the 'non-tribal' people. At least eleven people were killed. Soren and numerous others were charged with various crimes related to this incident. After extended legal proceedings, Soren was acquitted on 6 March 2008.<ref>[http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/soren-acquitted-in-chirudih-massacre-case_10024753.html Soren acquitted in Chirudih massacre case] Thaindian News. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2010.</ref> However, possibly related incitement charges—dating from two earlier deaths in 1974—remain pending.<ref>[http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/verdict-in-murder-case-involving-soren-june-15_100374265.html Verdict in murder case involving Soren 15 June] Thaindian News. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2010.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130126095307/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Verdict-in-murder-case-involving-Soren-June-15/H1-Article1-552529.aspx Verdict in murder case involving Soren on 15 June] ''Hindustan Times'' 3 June 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2010.</ref>

He lost his first [[Lok Sabha]] election in 1977. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 from Dumka. An arrest warrant was issued against him. He was subsequently elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989, 1991 and 1996 as well. In 2002, he was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]]. He won the [[Dumka]] Lok Sabha seat in a by-election the same year and resigned his Rajya Sabha seat. He was re-elected in 2004.

He became the Union Coal Minister in the [[Manmohan Singh]] government, but was asked to resign following an arrest warrant in his name in the thirty-year-old Chirudih case. He was one of the main accused amongst 69, with allegations to kill 10 people (including 9 Muslims) on 23 January 1975, in a clash between tribals and Muslims.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 1975 Chirudih massacre: Past catches up with Shibu Soren, arrest warrant issued|url = http://m.indiatoday.in/story/court-declares-shibu-soren-absconder-in-1975-chirudih-massacre-case/1/195758.html|website = m.indiatoday.in|accessdate = 2015-12-01}}</ref> After the warrant was issued, he initially went underground. He resigned on 24 July 2004. He was able to secure bail after spending over a month in judicial custody; released on bail on 8 September, he was re-inducted into the Union Cabinet and given back the coal ministry on 27 November 2004, as part of a deal for a Congress-JMM alliance before assembly elections in [[Jharkhand]] in February/March 2005.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041204122323/http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/28/stories/2004112808950100.htm Soren back in Union Cabinet] ''[[The Hindu]]''. 28 November 2004. Retrieved 22 August 2007.</ref>

On 2 March 2005, after much political bargaining and quid pro quo he was invited to form the government in [[Jharkhand]] by the Governor of Jharkhand. He resigned as Chief Minister nine days later, on 11 March, following his failure to obtain a [[vote of confidence]] in the assembly. In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections he lost to Sunil Soren of BJP from Dumka constituency.

==Life imprisonment and acquittal==
On 28 November 2006, Soren was found guilty in a twelve-year-old case involving the kidnapping and murder of his former personal secretary Shashinath Jha. It was claimed that Jha was abducted from the [[Dhaula Kuan]] area in [[Delhi]] on 22 May 1994 and taken to Piska Nagari village near [[Ranchi]] where he was killed. The CBI chargesheet stated that Jha's knowledge of the reported deal between the Congress and the JMM to save the Narasimha Rao government during the July 1993 [[no-confidence motion]] and an act of sodomy was the motive behind the murder. The charge-sheet asserted that: "Jha was aware of the illegal transactions and also expected and demanded a substantial share out of this amount from Soren." [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927122055/http://news.indlaw.com/527C7CE8127F523ABA578A792E73B70B].

Soren resigned from his post of [[Union Minister]] for Coal after [[Prime Minister]] [[Manmohan Singh]] demanded that he should do so in the wake of the verdict. This is the first case of a Union Minister of the Government of India being found guilty of involvement in a murder. On 5 December 2006, Shibu Soren was sentenced to life imprisonment. A Delhi court rejected his bail plea, stating: 'We cannot overlook the fact that the appellant (Soren) has been convicted after a detailed and elaborate trial only in November 2006 and sentenced in December 2006.

The bench also noted that he was also being tried in a number of other cases, including the case of mass murder in Jharkhand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shibu Soren's bail plea rejected|date=14 March 2007|accessdate=13 May 2007|url=http://www.nerve.in/news:25350037986}}</ref>

On 25 June 2007, Shibu Soren was being escorted to his jail in [[Dumka]], [[Jharkhand]] when his convoy was attacked by bombs,<ref>{{cite news|title=Shibu Soren escapes bomb attack|publisher=[[India Abroad]] News Service [[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]|url=http://shibu-soren-news.newslib.com/story/3909-3234880/|date=25 June 2007|accessdate=26 July 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714174233/http://shibu-soren-news.newslib.com/story/3909-3234880/|archivedate=14 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> but no one was hurt.<ref>{{cite news|title=HC slams CBI for failing to counter Soren challenge|author=Abhinav Garg|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-05-29/india/27887787_1_cbi-counsel-shashi-nath-jha-shibu-soren|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017211606/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-05-29/india/27887787_1_cbi-counsel-shashi-nath-jha-shibu-soren|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2012|date=29 May 2007|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=3 August 2007}}</ref>

The Delhi High Court on 23 August 2007 overruled the District Court and acquitted Soren, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121017232726/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-08-23/india/27976196_1_hc-acquits-soren-shibu-soren-chirudih-massacre-case] stating that "The trial court's analysis is far from convincing and not sustainable."

The five men convicted by the [[Tis Hazari]] court were held guilty of criminal conspiracy, abduction and murder primarily on the basis of [[forensic evidence]] provided by a post-mortem report of a body discovered in Jharkhand, namely a skull superimposition test and skull injury report. This was in addition to eyewitness accounts and some circumstantial evidence.<ref name="HT">[http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=97a99e43-93c7-45a8-81e6-424282ec1a14&&Headline=Shibu+Soren%e2%80%99s+aquittal+on+expected+lines Shibu Soren’s aquittal [sic] on expected lines] ''[[Hindustan Times]]''. 23 August 2007. {{dead link|date=October 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

He is married to Roopi Kisku. He has three sons Durga Soren, Hemant Soren, and Basant Soren and a daughter, Anjali Soren. [[Hemant Soren]] is the current [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand]], having held the same office previously from July 2013 to December 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Hemant-Soren-becomes-Jharkhand-CM-heads-9th-government-in-13-years/articleshow/21051174.cms|title=Hemant Soren becomes Jharkhand CM, heads 9th government in 13 years - The Times of India|work=[[India Times]]|year=2013|quote=JMM leader Hemant Soren, son of party chief Shibu Soren, was on Saturday sworn in as the new chief minister of Jharkhand|accessdate=14 July 2013}}</ref> His elder son [[Durga Soren]] was MLA from [[Jama (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jama]] from 1995 to 2005.<ref>[http://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Jama-in-Bihar Bihar Assembly Election Results (Constituency Wise)]</ref> Durga's wife [[Sita Soren]] is current MLA from [[Jama (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jama]]. {{Citation needed|date=February 2020}} [[Basant Soren]] is president of the [[Jharkhand Yuva Morcha]], a youth wing of [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] and current MLA from [[Dumka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dumka]].<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/basant-soren-chosen-for-rajya-sabha-jmm-too-focusses-on-dynasty-in-jharkhand/articleshow/52552596.cms Basant Soren chosen for Rajya Sabha, JMM too focusses on dynasty in Jharkhand]</ref>
<ref>[https://myneta.info/jharkhand2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=12521]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050103051921/http://www.123bharath.com/india-news/index.php?action=fullnews Controversies have always tailed Shibu Soren] - 123bharath.com article dated 20 July 2004
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jul/21soren.htm Jharkhand cops chasing Union minister with arrest warrant] - [[rediff.com]] article dated 21 July 2004
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040805182453/http://web.mid-day.com/news/city/2004/july/88218.htm Shibu Soren goes underground] - Mid Day article dated 21 July 2004
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041102030249/http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/regional/delhi/20040724-0.html PM asks Shibu Soren to resign] - [[Indian Express]] article dated 24 July 2004
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040815062435/http://in.news.yahoo.com/040724/137/2f4lr.html Shibu Soren resigns after arrest warrant] - Yahoo! India News story dated 24 July 2004
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040903063256/http://www.123bharath.com/world-news/index.php?action=fullnews&id=4269 Shibu Soren: from farmer's son to fugitive minister] - 123bharath.com article dated 24 July 2004
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050304014313/http://news.indiainfo.com/2005/03/02/0203soren.html Shibu Soren appointed as Chief Minister of Jharkhand] - Indiainfo.com article dated 2 March 2004
* [http://in.rediff.com/election/2005/mar/02soren.htm Shibu Soren sworn in as Jharkhand CM] - rediff.com article dated 2 March 2004
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061207110801/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/homepage.asp?mpsno=2917 Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website]
* [http://www.nerve.in/timeline:shibu+soren News timeline for Shibu Soren]

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