Former Minister Rajendra Prasad Singh and AJSU candidate Lambodar Mahto filed their nominations papers from Bermo and Gomia seats respectively.
Singh accompanied by former Union Minister RPN Singh, Forest minister of MP, Umang Singhar alongwith his son JaiMangal Singh, Gaurav Singh, OPLal, Yogendra Giri, Pramod Singh, several trade union leaders with family friends and around 10,000 supporters submitted two sets of nominations papers at civil SDO office at Tenughat on Monday afternoon.
Singh, who had represented Bermo in Assembly seat five times, filed his nomination paper along with senior leaders of grand alliance displaying unity and strength. The entire route through which local Congress leader took out a road show to reach to the office of the returning Officer for filling nomination witnessed a petal shower and the vehicle on which Singh was travelling got covered with flowers.
Later, the Congress leader held a public meeting at Jaina More referral hospital ground. Speaking at the meeting, the senior Congress leader from State attacked the NDA Government at Centre and State for people misery. Singh said, “The Raghubar Das led NDA Government in Jharkhand is full with false and fake ideas.
In last five year the Raghubar Das Government has failed to address issue such as unemployment, farmers’ distress and growing inflation.
The status Rajendra Prasad Singh enjoys in the Congress party can be gauged from the fact that in 2014 Bermo assembly seat , BJP candidate Yogeshwar Prasad Batul defeated Singh by margin of nearly 12,000 votes, but the party has once again reposed faith on him by giving him ticket from the Bermo seat.
Rajendra Prasad Singh, is well known Congress leader in State and also as General secretary of INTUC. Singh had held important portfolios in Hemant Soren Government. Apart from Singh, ASJU candidate Lambodar Mahto from Gomia, also filed his nomination paper.
Senior leader of AJSU Lambodar Mahto after filling his nomination paper also address a public meeting at Children park ground at Tenughat. Khudi Ram Manjhi, independent candidate also filed his nomination paper from Gomia.