Ruling coalition partners Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress on Wednesday celebrated the victory of Dumka and Bermo constituencies in the bypolls.
After registering victory on two seats in the State the alliance partners said that the people of the two constituencies reposed faith in the works of the Government by selecting the two MLAs.
Workers started gathering at Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) Headquarter in the State Capital in the morning to celebrate the victory of the party's candidate in the bypoll. They distributed sweets to each other during the period. Congress workers expressed their happiness by playing drums.
Expressing happiness over the party candidate's victory, Congress Legislature Party Leader and Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam said that the people of Bermo and Dumka gave mandate on the performance of the State Government.
Alam said that Congress and JMM candidates won in Dumka and Bermo Assembly seats but due to constitutional obligation in Dumka and demise of party MLA Rajendra Prasad Singh in Bermo bypolls were necessitated. He said that the people of the region had reposed trust in the Congress coalition government for 5 years and this was once again confirmed in the bye-elections.
Talking to media the Congress Legislature Party Leader said that the victory of Congress candidate from Bermo, Kumar Jaimangal and JMM candidate Basant Soren from Dumka the triumph of the Grand Alliance candidates was a clear indication by the voters that they have negated the lies of the NDA.
“Today is a historic day for the State and tomorrow is going to be another historic day as the government is going to take decisions on Sarna Code for tribals for the first time in the Country,” said Alam.
In Dumka, Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s younger brother Basant Soren, in a close contest, defeated former minister and BJP candidate Louis Marandi, while in Bermo Congress candidate Kumar Jaimangal Singh (Anup Singh) was successful in retaining his father and six times MLA Late Rajendra Prasad Singh’s legacy defeating BJP candidate and former MLA Yogeshwar Mahto Batul.
Congress candidate Kumar Jaimangal defeated Batul by 14082 votes, while in Dumka where the prestige of JMM was at stake, Basant Soren defeated Louis Marandi by 6842 votes.
Meanwhile, JMM also celebrated victory of the alliance candidates in the bypoll. The party candidate's celebrated the victory by distributing sweets and playing drums at its district headquarters' across the State.