Overview

• Shibu Soren was cremated on August 5 in Nemra village, where Chief Minister Hemant Soren lit the funeral pyre as thousands of mourners chanted “Guruji amar rahe.”
• Jharkhand Armed Police personnel fired a gun salute while the coffin, draped in the national flag and the JMM banner, lay on a flower-decked charpoy under full tribal rites.
• Opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, joined by regional figures, reached Nemra despite travel delays to pay their last respects.
• The cremation marked the end of three days of official mourning that saw the Jharkhand Assembly adjourned, Rajya Sabha proceedings paused, and schools and government offices closed.
• Speakers at the rites highlighted Soren’s 38-year leadership of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and his pivotal role in securing statehood and tribal rights.