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New Delhi: As Jharkhand gets ready to elect a new assembly later this year, one politician gearing up to contest the polls is the states former chief minister Raghubar Das...
Known as a power centre in Jharkhand, Das, a BJP leader, was elevated to the post of Odisha Governor in 2023 to leave the field clear for incumbent state BJP chief Babulal Marandi...
While Das is known to have taken up the Governors post reluctantly, he is now eyeing a return to state politics by fighting from Jamshedpur East seat which he represented five straight terms as MLAuntil BJP rebel Saryu Roy famously defeated him as an independent in the 2019 state polls...
A BJP source told ThePrint that in a recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, Das has explored the possibility of contesting the assembly election and return to state politics..
To this end, BJP sources said, the party has inducted former JMM leader Champai Soren to regain the Kolhan region, and askedMunda, former Minister of State for tribal affairs Sudarshan Bhagat, and Geeta Koda, who hails from the Ho Scheduled Tribe dominant in Singhbhum, to contest the upcoming assembly elections..
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