After rounds of meetings in Ranchi and Delhi, the BJP finally came up with a list of 52 party candidates, who would contest Assembly elections starting November 30. The list comprises names of political heavyweights including CM Raghubar Das, State president Laxman Gilua alongwith six Ministers of the Das Cabinet, but misses 10 sitting MLAs of the party.
In the presence of BJP national executive president JP Nadda, party’s national general secretary Arun Singh read out the names for 52 seats, which included Raghubar Das for Jamshedpur (East), Laxman Gilua for Chakradharpur, Anant Ojha for Rajmahal, Dr. Louis Marandi for Dumka, Raj Paliwal for Madhupur, Randhir Singh for Sarath, Dr Neera Yadav for Koderma, CP Singh for Ranchi and Ramchandra Chandravanshi for Vishrampur.
Sitting MLAs including Alok Chaurasia (Daltonganj), Satyendra Nath Tiwari (Garhwa), Prakash Ram (Latehar), Narayan Ram Das (Deoghar), Naveen Jaiswal (Hatia), Amit Mandal (Godda), Yogeshwar Mahato (Bermo), JP Patel (Mandu), Dhullu Mahato (Baghmara), Bahragoda (Kunal Sarangi), Manoj Yadav (Barhi), Manish Jaiswal (Hazaribagh), Bhanu Pratap Shahi (Bhawanathpur), Raj Sinha (Dhanbad), Nagendra Mahato (Bagodar), Kedar Hajara (Jamua), Nibharya Shahabadi (Giridih), Ashok Kumar Bhagat (Mahagama), Sadhu Charan Mahato (Ichagarh), Maneka Sardar(Potka) and Ramkumar Pahan (Khijri) have found place in the first list.
The party has given chance to some new faces and some old ones, which include Surya Hansda (Boriyo), Daniyal Kisku (Littipara), Paritosh Soren (Shikaripara), Virendra Mandal (Jamtara), Suresh Murmu (Jama), Mistri Soren (Maheshpur), Satyanand Jha (Nala), Devendra Kunwar (Jarmundi ), Simon Malto (Barhet), Kishun Kumar Das (Simaria), Janardan Paswan (Chatra), Indrajit Mahato (Sindri), Ragini Singh (Jharia), Lakhan Mardi (Ghatshila), Gurucharan Nayak (Manoharpur), Koache Munda (Torpa), Bishun Kujur (Gumla), Ashok Oraon (Bishunpur), Sadanand Besra (Simdega), Raghupal Singh (Manika), Shasibhushan Mehta (Panki), Pushpa Devi (Chhatarpur).
The party has dropped 10 sitting MLAs including RK Kishore (Chhatarpur), Bimla Pradhan (Simdega), Tala Marandi (Boriyo), Hare Krishna Singh (Panki), Shiv Shinkar Oraon (Gumla), Lakshman Tudu (Ghatshila) and others. After the seat announcement Arun Singh said that the party has given tickets to 30 sitting MLAs and 10 have been replaced this time. “The party has given tickets to five women, 13 youths, 6 from SC community, 17 from ST community and 21 from OBC community among the 52 seats announced,” he said.
Earlier in the press conference in Delhi, Nadda praised Raghubar Das led BJP government in the State and said that in last five years Jharkhand has witnessed a sea change in the regime of Das and the government has received support from all quarters of society. Nadda mentioned schemes like PMKSN, MMKAY, Sukanya Yojna, UJJWALA Yojna, Dakiya scheme, employment generation, pension schemes to support his argument.He said that on the basis of party’s motto, “Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas” the Raghubar Das led Government in the State has been hugely successful in bringing a discernable change in Jharkhand.
He said that the party will again register a historic win in the coming election and devote itself in the welfare of the people of State. Notably, the party has not yet finalised its alliance structure with AJSU Party, which is demanding more seats than the BJP has offered. AJSU Party chief Sudesh has again left for Delhi on Sunday for a final round of meeting with top BJP leaders.
