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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Basant Soren
| image = Basant Soren.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|9|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ranchi]], Jharkhand, India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Champai Soren ministry|Cabinet Minister]]<br />[[Government of Jharkhand]]
| governor = [[C. P. Radhakrishnan]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Champai Soren]]
| 2blankname = Ministry Responsible
| 2namedata = * Road & Building Construction.
*Water Resources.
| term_start = 16 February 2024
| term_end = 4 July 2024
| predecessor = [[Hemant Soren]]
| office1 = [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 2020
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = [[Dumka Assembly constituency|Dumka]]
| predecessor1 = [[Hemant Soren]]
| party = [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
| other_party =
| occupation = Politician
| parents = *[[Shibu Soren]] (Father)
*Roopi Soren (Mother)
| spouse =
| children =
| relations = [[Hemant Soren]] (Brother), [[Kalpana Soren (Politician)|Kalpana Soren]] (Sister In Law)
| footnotes =
| date =
| year =
| image_size = 150
}}
'''Basant Soren''' is an Indian Politician and a member of the [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] political party. He is the current cabinet minister for ministry of roads & buildings and construction & water resources in [[Government of Jharkhand]] and a member of [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]] from [[Dumka Assembly constituency|Dumka]] constituency.<ref name="Rise of new JMM face: First-time minister Basant Soren set to lead party in LS polls with brother Hemant in jail">{{cite news |newspaper=The Indian Express |title=Rise of new JMM face: First-time minister Basant Soren set to lead party in LS polls with brother Hemant in jail |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rise-of-new-jmm-face-first-time-minister-basant-soren-set-to-lead-party-in-ls-polls-with-brother-hemant-in-jail-9166321/ |access-date=28 June 2024 |date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628171621/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rise-of-new-jmm-face-first-time-minister-basant-soren-set-to-lead-party-in-ls-polls-with-brother-hemant-in-jail-9166321/ |archive-date=28 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Basant Soren is the younger son of [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]] founder [[Shibu Soren]] and younger brother of CM [[Hemant Soren]].<ref name="Hemant Soren’s brother Basant, seven others join Champai Soren Cabinet in Jharkhand">{{cite news |newspaper=The Hindu |title=Hemant Soren's brother Basant, seven others join Champai Soren Cabinet in Jharkhand |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jmm-chief-shibu-sorens-youngest-son-basant-seven-others-sworn-in-as-ministers-in-champai-soren-govt/article67853687.ece |access-date=28 June 2024 |date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628171422/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jmm-chief-shibu-sorens-youngest-son-basant-seven-others-sworn-in-as-ministers-in-champai-soren-govt/article67853687.ece |archive-date=28 June 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Basant contested in the Rajya Sabha elections in 2016 as JMM candidate and lost.<ref name="Rajya Sabha polls — Drama in Ranchi: Missing MLAs, a winning formula">{{cite news |newspaper=The Indian Express |title=Rajya Sabha polls — Drama in Ranchi: Missing MLAs, a winning formula |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/jharkhand-rajya-sabha-polls-missing-mlas-a-winning-formula-2848143/ |access-date=28 June 2024 |date=12 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628183806/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/jharkhand-rajya-sabha-polls-missing-mlas-a-winning-formula-2848143/ |archive-date=28 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> He contested in a 2020 by- election held for [[Dumka Assembly constituency|Dumka Assembly]] as a JMM candidate and defeated his nearest BJP rival [[Louis Marandi]] by a margin of 6,842 votes. Basant Soren secured 80,552 votes and [[Louis Marandi]] got 73,717 votes.<ref name="JMM-Congress retain 2 Jharkhand seats in bypolls but victory margin down since 2019">{{cite news |last1=ThePrint |title=JMM-Congress retain 2 Jharkhand seats in bypolls but victory margin down since 2019 |url=https://theprint.in/politics/jmm-congress-retain-2-jharkhand-seats-in-bypolls-but-victory-margin-down-since-2019/541636/ |access-date=28 June 2024 |date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628182416/https://theprint.in/politics/jmm-congress-retain-2-jharkhand-seats-in-bypolls-but-victory-margin-down-since-2019/541636/ |archive-date=28 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="Jharkhand assembly by-polls: JMM, Congress retain seats with reduced margin">{{cite news |last1=Financialexpress |title=Jharkhand assembly by-polls: JMM, Congress retain seats with reduced margin |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/jharkhand-assembly-by-polls-jmm-congress-retain-seats-with-reduced-margin/2125820/ |access-date=28 June 2024 |date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628182715/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/jharkhand-assembly-by-polls-jmm-congress-retain-seats-with-reduced-margin/2125820/ |archive-date=28 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Basant Soren took oath as road & buildings construction and water resources minister in the Champai Soren-led government in Jharkhand on 16 February 2024.<ref name="Jharkhand Ministers List 2024: Full list of ministers and portfolios in Champai Soren-led Cabinet">{{cite news |last1=Financialexpress |title=Jharkhand Ministers List 2024: Full list of ministers and portfolios in Champai Soren-led Cabinet |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/jharkhand-ministers-list-2024-full-list-of-ministers-and-portfolios-in-champai-soren-led-cabinet/3382528/ |access-date=28 June 2024 |date=18 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628183528/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/jharkhand-ministers-list-2024-full-list-of-ministers-and-portfolios-in-champai-soren-led-cabinet/3382528/ |archive-date=28 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Jharkhand MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Jharkhand Mukti Morcha politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Jharkhand MLAs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:1977 births]]

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Rockybhai3 at 23:17, 18 April 2026