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Kalpana Soren is an Indian businesswoman. She is the wife of Hemant Soren, an Indian politician from Jharkhand. In January 2024, she hit the headlines for becoming the prospective chief ministerial candidate in Jharkhand after the speculated arrest of her husband in a money laundering case.
Wiki/Biography
Kalpana was born in 1976 (age 48 years; as of 2024) in Ranchi, Jharkhand. She grew up in Mayurbhanj, Odisha. She attained a bachelor’s degree from a state-run college in Ranchi.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 4″
Weight (approx.): 55 kg
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
Family & Caste
Kalpana belongs to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community.
Parents & Siblings
Kalpana’s father is a businessman, and her mother is a homemaker.
Husband & Children
On 7 February 2006, Kalpana got married to Hemant Soren, an Indian politician. The couple has two sons, Nikhil, and Ansh.
Kalpana Soren with her husband and their kids
Religion
Kalpana follows Hinduism.
Address
House No. B-63, Harmu Housing Colony, Ashok Nagar, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Controversy
Discrepancy in the allotment of land
In August 2022, Kalpana hit the headlines after BJP leader and former chief minister Raghubar Das claimed that Hemant Soren, her husband, had abused his position of authority to assign a plot for his wife’s business. The Department of Commerce was then headed by Hemant Soren during which Kalpana received an 11-acre area of land from the plot pool that was initially set aside for tribal people under which the tribal people could launch their industrial projects. Kalpana Soren is the proprietor of Sohrai Private Limited, which was given a plot for a meat processing facility at the Ranchi’s Barhe Industrial Park in 2022. Raghubar Das claimed that the land allotment constituted a breach of Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Car Collection
Kalpana owns a Maruti Ciaz car with the number JH01BW7580.
Assets/Properties
Movable Assets
- Deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies: Rs. 17,67,000
- Bonds, Debentures and Shares in companies: Rs. 2,00,000
Immovable Assets
- Commercial Buildings: Rs. 4,87,00,000
Note: The given estimates are according to the year 2019. It excludes the assets owned by her husband and dependents (minor).
Net Worth
Kalpana Soren’s net worth for the year 2019 was estimated to be Rs. 5,81,85,235.
Facts/Trivia
- Kalpana is a partner in the firm HS Fuel.
- She runs a private school. She has frequently been seen at events planned for kids and programmes aimed at empowering women.
Kalpana Soren and her husband playing with school kids at a function
- Her father-in-law, Shibu Soren, is the chief of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
- On 31 December 2023, Sarfaraz Ahmed, a JMM MLA from Gandey resigned from his position due to personal reasons. This led to speculations of Kalpana becoming the new chief ministerial face in Jharkhand and that the seat was intentionally vacated by Sarfaraz Ahmed so that Kalpana could contest the bypoll elections from Gandey. In an interview, Nishikant Dubey, a BJP MP from Jharkhand’s Godda, said,
The new year “could bring pain to the Soren family”. Jharkhand’s MLA from Gandey, Sarfaraz Ahmed, has resigned from the Assembly and his resignation has been accepted. Soon, Hemant Soren-ji will also resign from the post of chief minister and his wife, Kalpana Soren-ji, will take over as the next CM.”
This move came after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Hemant Soren for the seventh time in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act case. The ED, in its summon, stated,
Since you have not come to the office of the Directorate of Enforcement in obedience to the summonses issued to you, we are giving you this last opportunity to record your statement under section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, at the place, date and time, mutually convenient to you as well as the undersigned (ED), which should be within 7 days of receipt of this notice/Summons.”
The speculations about her possibly becoming CM grew stronger after her husband, Hemant Soren, was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in a Rs 600 crore land fraud case in January 2024. Champai Soren, however, was appointed as the CM of Jharkhand after Hemant’s arrest in January 2024.