A well-known turncoat, Bokaro MlA Samresh Singh has formally announced he has quit the Bharatiya Janata Party, which he had joined just a couple of months ago. Singh, who has changed more than seven parties in his political career, now announced to contest independently for the Bokaro Assembly seat, which he has represented five times.
Singh had won 2009 Assembly election on JVM (P) ticket from Bokaro Assembly constituency. Few months earlier he left JVM (P) with five other JVM legislators and joined the BJP. Denied ticket from the BJP, Singh announced before the media to quit from the party and to contest the Assembly election independently from Bokaro Assembly seat.
Five-time Bokaro’s MlA, Singh had started his career with the BJP but later quit as the party denied ticket to him. Then he joined hands with Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), BSP (Bahujan Samajwadi Party). After few months he made his own party JVC , Singh continued there till he lost the Assembly election in 2005 from Bokaro.
Meanwhile, so many cases have been lodged against this veteran leader in Bokaro and Dhanbad districts’ courts. A local court of Dhanbad district ordered Samresh Singh to be physically present in the Court on December 2 in connection with a case of assault to a public servant and use of criminal force on 27April , 2006 at district collectorate.
Charges related to attempt to murder and to voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty was
lodged by the magistrate Gita Ram against 25 persons including Samresh Singh in the year 2006; all of them were also equipped with the traditional arms.
Only 15 accused had appeared in the court on Saturday for trail. The district and Session Judge N Abhay Kumar Sinha ordered for physical appearance of Singh on 2 December, informed Advocate M Sinha.