A small town of South Chhotanagpur Division immersed into festivities as soon as local MP Sudarshan Bhagat was sworn in as Minister of State in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet on Monday evening. Apart from BJP supporters, local residents expressed their joy by lighting candles and performing some ritualistic acts.
A large numbers of people came out of their houses to light candles at the Jagannath temple. Some people also performed rituals at Hanuman mandir Gudri bazaar and Devi Mandap Palmerganj.
Bhagat also received good wishes and congratulatory messages being after nominating as a MoS. Those who congratulated the new minister include the district head BJP Rakesh Prasad, Om Prakash Singh state head Kisan Morcha, ex district head Braj Bihari Prasad, Sita Ram Sharma, Raj Kishor Mahto, Madan Pathak, ex minister Sadhnu Bhagat, ex MlA Ramesh Oraon, Ajay Mittal, Ashok Khatri, Sri Chand Prajapati, Bhikhari Bhagat, luxmi Bhagat, Raj Kumar Verma, Naveen Tinku, Neeraj Nalin, Prof Shashi Gupta, Dr. Kanjiv lochan, Prof Sneh Kumar, Prof Raj Kishor Agarwal and many supporters from different political, social educational and self help groups.
Bhagat is well known for his soft spoken, serious and honest personality. His mother and father were teachers at a primary school in Dumri. He got his education at KO College Gumla. He joined ABVP at his student life in 1987.
After that he engaged in many movements and innovative works of social reformation. He joined the active politics in 1995. He was elected as MlA from Gumla constituency in 2000. He also served as minister in Jharkhand. He had been elected as MP from lohardaga lS region in 2009 and again in 2014.