NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren’s mother, Rupi Soren, passed away at a hospital in Ranchi, an official told news agency PTI.“CM Hemant Soren’s mother Rupi Soren, who was admitted here, passed away around 8.30 pm. She was admitted to the hospital on September 18 with breathing difficulty,” Director of Hill View Hospital and Research Centre, Dr Nitesh Priya, told PTI.She was a key figure in the Soren family and had been caring for her ailing husband, veteran JMM leader Shibu Soren, who is fondly known as “Guruji”.Rupi had also been involved in politics herself. She contested the Dumka Lok Sabha election in 1999 in undivided Bihar but lost to Babulal Marandi by fewer than 5,000 votes.Hemant Soren, who visited his mother earlier on Wednesday, paid an emotional tribute on social media: “After Baba left, Maa was my greatest shelter. Today, even that shelter has merged into the lap of nature. Maa…”Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar, BJP leaders Champai Soren, Babulal Marandi and Raghubar Das, Union minister of state for defence Sanjay Seth, Assembly Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato and Congress leaders also condoled her death.
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Gangwar said, “In this hour of grief, my deepest condolences are with the chief minister and his entire family. May God grant strength to the bereaved family to bear this immense sorrow. Om Shanti!”Champai Soren said, “The sad news of the passing of Smt Rupi Soren ji, wife of the late Shibu Soren ji has left my heart in pain. Many events and memories from the time of the Jharkhand movement are flashing before my eyes. May Marang Buru (the supreme tribal deity) grant peace to the departed soul and give strength to the family.”