Former Chief Minister and leader of Opposition in Jharkhand Assembly Arjun Munda alongwith State party president Ravindra Rai led a delegation of newly elected BJP MPs and senior leaders of the State to meet BJP veteran lal Krishan Advani in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The delegation apprised Advani of the prevailing political scenario in the State and also the circumstances in which the BJP has secured 12 seats out of the 14 lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand.
The former Deputy PM congratulated the leaders from Jharkhand and offered them sweets. He said that he was content with the confidence in the state BJP leaders and expected that the Jharkhand BJP unit will register a thumping victory in the Assembly polls scheduled in the end of this year.
On the occasion, state leaders discussed the issue of increasing the number of assembly seats of the state. They made Advani aware that the state assembly had passed resolutions thrice in this regard and sent it to the Centre but there was no response.
After listening to the leaders, the BJP patriarch said that the new government would look into the issue and do whatever suits best for the people of the State.
Apart from Munda and Rai the delegation included Rakesh Prasad, Deepak Prakash, Ashok Bhagat, MPs – Ram Tahal Chaudhary, Sudarshan Bhagat, Sunil Kumar Singh, VD Ram, lakshman Gilua, Vidyut Varan Mahto among others.