New Delhi: Former Union Minister Sibu Soren today (Sep 13, 2004) demanded that he should be taken back into the Cabinet.

"I want my ministerial berth back. I am not going to go back on my stand as all cases against me are politically motivated and they will not spoil my chances to get back into the ministry," he told reporters after emerging from the courtroom where he appeared in connection with the Sashinath Jha murder case.

Soren, who was flanked by his lawyers, said he would also meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh later in the day in this regard.