Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah has given a target of 50-plus to Jharkhand unit of the party for the upcoming assembly election in the state. Towards this end it has started to woo back MLAs from other parties who have BJP/RSS background. The first on the list is Babulal Marandi’s Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM).
Four MLAs of the estranged JVM joined BJP in presence of party’s national president Amit Shah on Wednesday night. The legislators of the Marandi-led party who have changed sides are Samresh Singh (Bokaro), Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi (Giridih), Jaiprakash Singh Bhokta (Simariya), and MLA from Jamua Chandrika Mahtha.
All rebel MLAs led by state BJP president Ravindra Kumar Rai met Shah and joined the party in the presence of Jharkhand election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan, national organisational secretary Saudan Singh, and other senior leaders.
Not only JVM, the saffron party is also wooing leaders from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and JD-U.
While talking to Millennium Post on Thursday, former state BJP president Raghuvar Das said, ‘The move is neither to form government in the state not to topple it. We are working in the direction to bring out a stable government in the state.’
On the question of how many more leaders are coming into party fold, state BJP chief Rai said, ‘Wait for the right time, the number of MLAs joining BJP will be in public domain soon.’
Spelling out the names of other JVM legislators, sources said that Nizamuddin Ansari, MLA of Dhanwar, Satyendra Nath Tiwary, Garhwa MLA, Sindri MLA Phulchand Mahto and Baghmara MLA Dhullu Mahto likely to join BJP on 2 August in Ranchi.
On the same day, JMM legislator from Litipara Simon Marandi and former minister and JD-U leader Lalchand Mahto are also expected to come under the banner of saffron party. The buzz is that independent MLA from Panki Videsh Singh and Congress MLA from Bhawanathpur Anant Pratap Deo are also set to join the party.
Though, while taking to Millennium Post on Thursday, Rai has denied that these turncoat leaders have not been promised to get BJP ticket, the sources said, ‘The party is wooing all winnable candidates to meet the target of 50 plus in the 82-seated state assembly.’
The assembly poll in the state is expected to be held in the months of October/November this year.
Four MLAs of the estranged JVM joined BJP in presence of party’s national president Amit Shah on Wednesday night. The legislators of the Marandi-led party who have changed sides are Samresh Singh (Bokaro), Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi (Giridih), Jaiprakash Singh Bhokta (Simariya), and MLA from Jamua Chandrika Mahtha.
All rebel MLAs led by state BJP president Ravindra Kumar Rai met Shah and joined the party in the presence of Jharkhand election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan, national organisational secretary Saudan Singh, and other senior leaders.
Not only JVM, the saffron party is also wooing leaders from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and JD-U.
While talking to Millennium Post on Thursday, former state BJP president Raghuvar Das said, ‘The move is neither to form government in the state not to topple it. We are working in the direction to bring out a stable government in the state.’
On the question of how many more leaders are coming into party fold, state BJP chief Rai said, ‘Wait for the right time, the number of MLAs joining BJP will be in public domain soon.’
Spelling out the names of other JVM legislators, sources said that Nizamuddin Ansari, MLA of Dhanwar, Satyendra Nath Tiwary, Garhwa MLA, Sindri MLA Phulchand Mahto and Baghmara MLA Dhullu Mahto likely to join BJP on 2 August in Ranchi.
On the same day, JMM legislator from Litipara Simon Marandi and former minister and JD-U leader Lalchand Mahto are also expected to come under the banner of saffron party. The buzz is that independent MLA from Panki Videsh Singh and Congress MLA from Bhawanathpur Anant Pratap Deo are also set to join the party.
Though, while taking to Millennium Post on Thursday, Rai has denied that these turncoat leaders have not been promised to get BJP ticket, the sources said, ‘The party is wooing all winnable candidates to meet the target of 50 plus in the 82-seated state assembly.’
The assembly poll in the state is expected to be held in the months of October/November this year.