Bandhu Tirkey is an Indian politician and a former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly elected from Mandar of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

state as a member of

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM (P)) ( 'Jharkhand Development Front (Democratic)') was a state political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by former Union Minister and First Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Babulal ...

in 2019. He was expelled from his post on Feb, 2022 for having more money than stated to ECI.

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expelled his party MLAs Pradeep Yadav and Tirkey from the party for anti-party activities. Both of them later joined

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

in its

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headquarters as

party was merged with

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. On March 28, 2022 Bandhu was convicted and sentenced to 3-year jail term related to corruption charges. In April 2022, he was disqualified from the 5th Jharkhand Assembly after the conviction by the CBI court on disproportionate assets case.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tirkey, Bandhu 1960 births Living people People from Ranchi district Place of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Jharkhand Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) politicians United Goans Democratic Party politicians Jharkhand MLAs 2005–2009 Jharkhand MLAs 2009–2014 Jharkhand MLAs 2019–2024