New Delhi: Two days after Hemant Soren stepped down and was then arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Champai Soren has been sworn in as the Jharkhand chief minister.The opposition parties had earlier questioned the delay in swearing in Champai Soren, and compared this to the speed with which Nitish Kumar was sworn in again after he resigned, quit the INDIA alliance and joined hands with the BJP.After Soren tendered his resignation to the Jharkhand governor on Wednesday night, the JMM announced senior party leader and the state’s transport minister, Champai Soren, as leader of the JMM’s legislative party and said that he is set to replace Hemant Soren as chief minister.The ruling coalition led by the JMM enjoys a majority of 49 legislators in the 81-member assembly, including 29 from the JMM, 16 from the Congress, one from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), one from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPI(ML)L) and one from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).All legislators were reportedly unanimous in choosing Champai Soren to replace Hemant Soren.The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a writ petition filed by Hemant Soren challenging his arrest, and asked him to approach the Jharkhand high court. While leaders of his party, the JMM, have noted the timing of the arrest – just before the general elections – and called it a brazen act of political vendetta, Soren had expressed fear that his arrest may allow the Union government to impose president’s rule in the state. He has also invoked the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against ED officers for allegedly harassing him.A court in Ranchi on Friday granted the ED five days’ custody of Hemant Soren.