Earlier on Thursday, Raghuvar Das said, "Jo bhi bichar sirsa netritva lenge o sarva manya hoga (whatever decision the party's senior leadership takes will be adhered to by all)."Party spokesman Ajay Maroo said apart from the two observers, BJP's in-charge for Jharkhand Trivendra Singh Rawat, state unit president Ravindra Rai and former chief minister Arjun Munda attended the meeting.
He said, after the meeting and further consultations with the newly elected MLAs, the observers apprised the party's national leadership of the details, It's for the first time, Jharkhand will get a non-tribal Chief Minister. The BJP itself had two tribal chief ministers in the past-Babulal M (once) and Arjun Munda (thrice).
Das won form Jamshedpur (East) assembly seat by defeating Anand Bihari Dubey of the Congress by 70,157 votes. What appears to have tilted the scales in favour of Das is the shocking loss of Arjun Munda in Kharsawan. Das is known to enjoy support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah.
Das was Deputy CM between December 30, 2009 and May 29, 2010. He originally belongs to Chhattisgarh. In Jharkhand, tribals account for around 33 percent of state's 3.3 crore population. Since its formation in 2000, Jharkhand has witnessed nine governments and five CMs, all tribal: Babulal M, Arjun Munda, Shibu Soren, Madhu Koda, Hemant Soren.
JMM leaders Shibu Soren (thrice), Hemant Soren (once) and Madhu K (once) are the other tribal leaders who had been the chief ministers since the state's creation 14 years ago.The BJP/Ajsu alliance got a majority, winning 42 out of 81 MLAs in the just concluded assembly elections
Coronavirus: 8 million people withdraw money from PF, what will be the effect on you
In three months, 80 lakh people have withdrawn money by breaking their provident fund.
&n
BSF Chief Reviews Security along Bangladesh Border
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) In the wake of recent attacks by Bangladeshi smugglers, Border Security
Mamata Assures Action over Varsity Officials Assault
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday assured strong actio
China On Covid-19 Deaths: China claims – no new deaths occurred after changing the criteria
China said on Wednesday that not a single person died of COVID-19 the previous day, after changin
Corona infection rate crosses 17%, can schools be closed again in Delhi?
Concerns about school-going children have increased amid rising COVID-19 cases in Delhi. However,
Kolkatans party on the streets to celebrate India's win
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IANS) Beating drums and bursting firecrackers, Kolkatans partied on the street
Prime Minister called an all party meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the martyrdom of the soldiers today, amid the threat of 20
Army's response in Kargil was 'Sluggish', Government tells SC
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Indian army's
Future-Amazon Case: Amazon will have to pay Rs 202 crore fine, NCLAT upholds CCI's order
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has upheld a fine of Rs 202 crore on US-based
Treatment of corona infected in rural areas with the help of hawk doctors
Gurugram / Pataudi. Treatment of uncontrolled corona infects in the rural areas of the district i
