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News India Live, Digital Desk: Jharkhand Politics: Jharkhand Education Minister and senior leader of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Ramdas Soren died on Friday, August 15, 2025 in a private hospital in Delhi at the age of 62. He was admitted to the hospital due to a serious head injury after falling in the bathroom of his residence on 2 August 2025, and he was on life support since then. His death raged a wave of mourning in Jharkhand, and the state government declared a one -day state mourning on Saturday, August 16, in which the national flag will remain half -tilted and no official ceremony will be held.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren expressed deep grief over the death of the Education Minister. He wrote in an emotional post on social media platform ‘X’, “Wanted to leave this, Ramdas da … last Johar, Dada.” Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar also described his death as “irreparable damage to the state” and expressed his heartfelt condolences to his mourned family. He said that when he went to meet Soren in the hospital a week ago, he was described as “brain-dad”, which was less likely to recover.
Assembly Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahato described Ramdas Soren as a “soldier and warrior of a separate Jharkhand movement”. He said that later he became an MLA and then a minister, and he did “good work” as in charge of the Department of School Education and Literacy. Mahato termed his death as a “big loss to the state”. Leader of the Opposition Babulal Marandi also described it as “irreparable loss for state politics and society”. Former Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahai said that Ramdas Soren was from the tribal community and was known for his simplicity, simplicity and honest lifestyle. He described this sad incident as another major setback for the state after the death of Shibu Soren, the pioneer of the Jharkhand movement.
Transport, Revenue and Land Reforms Minister Deepak Birua paid tribute to Soren on behalf of Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Other leaders also paid tribute to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Radhakrishna Kishore, Congress State President Keshav Mahato Kamlesh, Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Maji, former Chief Minister Raghuvar Das and Health Minister Irfan Ansari. Irfan Ansari described him as “the largest leader of the Kolhan region and the famous leader of the tribal society” said that his shortage could never be met. All the leaders appreciated his dedication to their public service, simple nature and honest image, which has brought a deep vacancy in the politics and society of Jharkhand.
