The Hemant Soren government has re-appointed Manjunath Bhajantri as Ranchi district Deputy Commissioner (DC) hours after Soren took oath as Jharkhand CM. Bhajantri was removed from the post by the Election Commission(EC) in October before the Assembly polls in Jharkhand following a complaint by the BJP. He was transferred to Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society as its CEO.