Ranchi: Rajya Sabha MP and former union minister Shibu Soren passed away on Monday. The 81-year-old Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) founder breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi for over a month for kidney-related problems. He was also the former Chief Minister of Jharkhand.

His son and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced his father's death through social media platform X. 

"Respected Dishom Guruji has left us all... I have become 'shunya' (zero) today," Hemant Soren posted on X.

Shibu Soren had been regularly receiving treatment at the hospital for an extended period.

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"He was admitted here recently, so we came to see him. His health issues are currently being examined," Hemant Soren had said on June 24 when his father was admitted to the hospital in the national capital.

Shibu Soren had been the leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha for the past 38 years and is recognised as the party's founding patron.

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