He served as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand for the maximum time and is one of the stalwart leaders of the BJP. Now he has turned as starcampaigner for the candidates in fray for Chhattisgarh elections.
Munda went to Dantewada today and went to the Deputy Commissioner's office to during nomination of candidate Bhima Mandvi. The party's candidate along with Munda participated in padh yatra. Before start of the campaign he went to Maa Danteshwari temple.
In his own style, he is talking to the voters in their local language. His reach has expanded. The idea behind the campaign is to woo the voters, which can play a significant role in party's victory.
The party’s star campaigners list includes 40 names, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah. In addition to the Union Ministers, veteran leaders in the list are Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states. List also includes Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Uma Bharti, Smriti Irani, Sushma Swaraj, Dharmendra Pradhan, Yogi Adityanath, Hema Malini. Apart from this, leaders like Bihar MP Hukumdev Narayan Yadav, Arjun Munda and Manoj Tiwari have also been given place in this list.
There are 29 Scheduled Tribes seats for the 90-member assembly. Elections will be held in two phases in Chhattisgarh on November 12 and 20, while counting will take place on December 11. In 2013, the BJP got 49 seats, Congress 3, BSP 1 and others got one seat. Under the leadership of Raman Singh, BJP formed the government for the third consecutive term by defeating Congress in the last elections.