3 min learnRanchiUp to date: Sep 6, 2026 06:06 PM IST
Jharkhand Increased and Technical Training Minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu died of a coronary heart assault in Giridih late on Saturday. He was 56.
Sonu, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MLA from Giridih, skilled discomfort whereas sleeping at his residence and was rushed to a hospital by his members of the family. He died on the way in which to the hospital, sources advised The Indian Specific.
Sonu represented the Giridih Sadar Meeting constituency. He was elected to the Meeting for the primary time in 2019 and retained the seat in 2024. He subsequently joined Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s Cupboard. He held the portfolios of City Growth and Housing, Tourism, Artwork, Tradition, Sports activities and Youth Affairs, apart from Increased and Technical Training.
In a put up on X, Chief Minister Soren stated Sonu was not merely a senior colleague or political affiliate however was “like an elder brother” who provided affection and steerage and stood firmly by him throughout tough occasions.
“This can be very tough for me to come back to phrases with this information. Sonu bhaiya’s passing has left a void in my life that’s not possible to specific in phrases,” Soren stated.
“The moments I spent with him and the teachings I learnt from him will all the time stay with me,” he stated.
Talks with protesting college students
Sonu had just lately been concerned within the state authorities’s negotiations with college students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Fee (JPSC) and Jharkhand Workers Choice Fee (JSSC). He was a part of the ministerial panel that held a number of rounds of talks with protesting college students in Ranchi in August.
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The talks happened amid a protracted pupil agitation demanding motion over alleged irregularities in authorities recruitment examinations, together with the 14th JPSC Mixed Civil Providers Examination. Sonu had stated the federal government was consulting pupil teams and different stakeholders on reforms to the examination system.
Within the 2024 election, Sonu retained the Giridih seat, securing 94,042 votes, or 45.28 per cent of the vote, defeating the BJP’s Nirbhay Shahbadi by 3,838 votes.
He was additionally the first JMM legislator from the Giridih Assembly constituency to turn out to be a minister within the Jharkhand authorities in additional than twenty years.
In his condolence message, CM Soren stated Sonu had stood with the late “Baba Dishom Guruji” (Shibu Soren, the JMM co-founder) with unwavering dedication because the days of the Jharkhand motion. As a devoted JMM employee, Sonu devoted his total life to the wrestle for Jharkhand’s identification, rights and self-respect, Soren stated.
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“His dedication to Jharkhandiyat and his combating spirit will all the time be remembered,” Soren added.
“Sonu bhaiya, your passing is a private loss for me. Your absence will all the time be felt. I’ll carry your affection, your struggles and your dedication to Jharkhand with me all through my life. You’ll all the time be remembered, bhaiya,” he stated.
