RANCHI: Barring Congress, presidents and state presidents of all front-running political parties in Jharkhand can be within the fray in this yr’s parliamentary election.
JMM president Shibu Soren can be contesting from Dumka, where he is the sitting MP. The septuagenarian leader, an eight-time MP since 1980, can be in fray for the 12th time.
Though Soren’s title has now not been officially introduced by way of the party, his JVM-P counterpart Babulal Marandi may also contest the polls. A three-time MP from Koderma, Marandi will contest the overall elections from the same where he received thrice after the state was formed in 2000. In the 2014 polls, he lost to BJP’s Ravindra Kumar Rai, who had resigned from BJP at the side of Marandi in 2006 to shape JVM-P. Rai later returned to BJP.
BJP’s Jharkhand president Laxman Gilua can be in the hunt for a 2nd consecutive time period as MP in this yr’s polls. The saffron party, which is assured of profitable all 14 parliamentary seats within the state, has already nominated Gilua from Singhbhum seat in Kolhan division, where he is the sitting MP. Gilua, who can be up against Congress candidate Geeta Koda, turned into an MP for the first time in 1999.
However, state Congress president Ajoy Kumar is the only real exception. Kumar, an ex-IPS officer, was Congress’s pick out for Jamshedpur seat, where he received on a JVM-P price ticket within the 2011 parliamentary by-election. However, with the seat going to the kitty of its mahagathbandhan ally JMM, Kumar has instructed senior party leaders he's going to now not contest this time.
Kumar contested the by-election to the Jamshedpur parliamentary seat after it was vacated by way of BJP MP Arjun Munda after he took over as Jharkhand CM. Kumar, who was posted because the Jamshedpur SP in his provider years, sprang up a surprise by way of defeating BJP’s Dineshanand Goswami by way of more than 1.five lakh votes.
Asked if he's going to be up against certainly one of BJP’s two sitting MLAs from Jamshedpur — leader minister Raghubar Das and meals and civil provides minister Saryu Rai — within the meeting polls, Kumar mentioned: “We will see. There is a large number of time.” The meeting election is scheduled to take place after all of this yr.
Meanwhile, JMM operating president Hemant Soren on Tuesday flew to New Delhi to wait a gathering of UPA allies. JMM leaders in Ranchi mentioned the meeting may also focal point on chalking out joint campaigning strategies and finalising the names of mahagathbandhan candidates.
JMM president Shibu Soren can be contesting from Dumka, where he is the sitting MP. The septuagenarian leader, an eight-time MP since 1980, can be in fray for the 12th time.
Though Soren’s title has now not been officially introduced by way of the party, his JVM-P counterpart Babulal Marandi may also contest the polls. A three-time MP from Koderma, Marandi will contest the overall elections from the same where he received thrice after the state was formed in 2000. In the 2014 polls, he lost to BJP’s Ravindra Kumar Rai, who had resigned from BJP at the side of Marandi in 2006 to shape JVM-P. Rai later returned to BJP.
BJP’s Jharkhand president Laxman Gilua can be in the hunt for a 2nd consecutive time period as MP in this yr’s polls. The saffron party, which is assured of profitable all 14 parliamentary seats within the state, has already nominated Gilua from Singhbhum seat in Kolhan division, where he is the sitting MP. Gilua, who can be up against Congress candidate Geeta Koda, turned into an MP for the first time in 1999.
However, state Congress president Ajoy Kumar is the only real exception. Kumar, an ex-IPS officer, was Congress’s pick out for Jamshedpur seat, where he received on a JVM-P price ticket within the 2011 parliamentary by-election. However, with the seat going to the kitty of its mahagathbandhan ally JMM, Kumar has instructed senior party leaders he's going to now not contest this time.
Kumar contested the by-election to the Jamshedpur parliamentary seat after it was vacated by way of BJP MP Arjun Munda after he took over as Jharkhand CM. Kumar, who was posted because the Jamshedpur SP in his provider years, sprang up a surprise by way of defeating BJP’s Dineshanand Goswami by way of more than 1.five lakh votes.
Asked if he's going to be up against certainly one of BJP’s two sitting MLAs from Jamshedpur — leader minister Raghubar Das and meals and civil provides minister Saryu Rai — within the meeting polls, Kumar mentioned: “We will see. There is a large number of time.” The meeting election is scheduled to take place after all of this yr.
Meanwhile, JMM operating president Hemant Soren on Tuesday flew to New Delhi to wait a gathering of UPA allies. JMM leaders in Ranchi mentioned the meeting may also focal point on chalking out joint campaigning strategies and finalising the names of mahagathbandhan candidates.
Barring Congress’s Kumar, all party presidents in fray for Lok Sabha polls
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