Amid political churning going on in the State ahead of Assembly elections AJSU party has emerged as the first choice for turncoats as several prominent leaders have joined the party after being denied tickets from BJP, Congress and JMM. A number of leaders joined the party on Friday at the party headquarter in the State Capital.
Former Minister in Bihar Government and former MLA from Jharia constituency, Aabo Devi, East Singhbhum Zila Parishad Chairperson Bulu Rani Singh and Harelal Mahto from Ichagarh joined the AJSU Party with his hundreds of supporters on Friday in presence of AJSU Party Central Committee president Sudesh Kumar Mahto.
During last couple of days many stalwarts of the State politics joined the party such as former Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) president, Pradip Kumar Balmuchu, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MLA from Pakur, Aquil Akhtar, former BJP Chief Whip RK Kishire and others. Speaking on the occasion Mahto said that the faith of people of Jharkhand has increased in AJSU Party. “The party wants to protect people’s honour and pride in Jharkhand along with culture of the State. The party has a big responsibility towards betterment of the State its residents. With this great accountability, we are fighting for the better interests of the people of the State and to protect their self-respect,” he added.On the question of the BJP announcing its third list on new seats, Mahto replied that the BJP is a big party, so it thinks more. But after reaching the peak, there is a problem in looking down, he added. Sudesh said that the party is still firm on its stand on the question of alliance with BJP. The party released the second list of candidates this evening. A third list of candidates will also be released shortly. Speaking on the occasion, former Jharia MLA, Aabo Devi said that people’s faith has increased many fold on AJSU Party. Sudesh Mahto has capacity to carry forward the State. Bulu Rani Singh said that she wants to be member of the team which carries forward the State in leadership of Sudesh Mahto. She said that the workers of Potka constituency demanded her to contest the State Assembly elections from the seat.
Meanwhile, AJSU Part announced its second list on late evening. Bullu Rani Singh nominated as AJSU Party candidate from Potka, and Harelal Mahto from Ichagarh and Pradeep Balmuchu from Ghatshila.
However, it has not been disclosed how many seats the party will announce candidates for. It is expected that the candidates of Pakur and Ghatshila may be announced in addition to Tamar, Dumri and Tundi.
It is also considered sure to get tickets for the sitting MLA Rajkishore Mahato from Tundi. Apart from these, former MLA Aquil Akhtar, who joined AJSU, could be announced as the party candidate from Pakur.