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Kalpana Soren

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Kalpana Murmu Soren
Soren in 2023
Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded bySarfaraz Ahmad
ConstituencyGandey
Personal details
Born
Kalpana Murmu

(1985-03-03) 3 March 1985 (age 39)
Ranchi, Bihar (present–day Jharkhand), India
Political partyJharkhand Mukti Morcha
Spouse
(m. 2006)
RelationsShibu Soren (father-in-Law)
Children2
Education
Alma materKoustuv Institute of Self-domain (under BPUT University, Odisha)
Occupation
  • Businessperson
  • social activist
  • politician

Kalpana Soren (born 3 March 1985)[1] is an Indian politician from the state of Jharkhand. She had won the Gandey constituency bypoll for MLA which was held in 2024. Soren is wife of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.[2][3][4]

Political career

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Kalpana Murmu Soren, joined politics 4 March 2024,[5] following her husband Hemant Soren's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on 31 January. She has actively worked for the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha political campaign on 2024 General election.[6] She is up against Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Kumar Varma and its alliance partner All Jharkhand Students Union is also canvassing support for the BJP candidate.[7][8]

Personal life

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Kalpana Soren (née Murmu) was born on 3 March 1985, into a Santal family in Kapurthala, Punjab, where her father, Ampa Murmu, was stationed with the Indian Army.[5][9][10] Her father's native place is Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. Due to her father's postings, she lived in various states and attended several Kendriya Vidyalaya schools. She completed her B.Tech from Koustuv Institute of Self-Domain (Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha). On 7 February 2006, she married Hemant Soren, son of former Chief Minister Shibu Soren of Jharkhand. In 2012, she earned her MBA degree from Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning, Pune. She is fluent in Odia, English, Hindi, and Santali.[11]

She is the President of Sona Sobharam Memorial Society, and Director of Sohrai Livestock Pvt Ltd & Others. [12][13]

Electoral history

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S.No Year Election Constituency Party Votes Vote % Margin Result
1 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Gandey JMM 1,09,827 50.54% + 27,149 Won

References

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  1. ^ "Kalpana Soren". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Jailed Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana wins Gandey bypoll". The Hindu. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  3. ^ The Week (4 June 2024). "Jailed Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana wins Gandey bypoll". Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  4. ^ NDTV (4 June 2024). "Meet Kalpana Soren, Hemant Soren's Wife Who May Be Next Chief Minister". Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b Bisoee, Animesh (30 April 2024). "Kalpana Soren promises befitting reply to 'fascist forces' in Gandey bypoll, Lok Sabha polls". Telegraph India. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Kalpana Soren made a grand entry in Jharkhand politics, defeated BJP candidate by 27149 votes".{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Kalpana Soren: How "Jhansi ki Rani" filled a political void in Jharkhand". www.moneycontrol.com. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  8. ^ Bhelari, Amit (18 May 2024). "Litmus test for Kalpana Soren as she makes political debut in Gandey Assembly bypoll". The Hindu. thehindu.com. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Who is Kalpana Soren, who might replace husband Hemant Soren as Jharkhand CM? | Sambad English". 3 January 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Hemant most popular in Jharkhand: Soren's father-in-law". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  11. ^ Mandhani, Apoorva (19 May 2024). "'Deshbhakt' from Army family, warrior in her own right — who is Kalpana Soren". ThePrint. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Jharkhand 2019". www.myneta.info. myneta.info. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  13. ^ "SOHRAI LIVESTOCK FARMS PRIVATE LIMITED". www.zaubacorp.com. zaubacorp.com. Retrieved 30 June 2024.