Jharkhand Disom Party was a

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. The party was founded 2002 by

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 Mod ...

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Salkhan Murmu Salkhan Murmu is a socio-political activist. He is the founder and national president of Jharkhand Disom Party. He was twice the Member of Parliament in 12th and 13th Lok Sabha from Mayurbhanj constituency in Odisha during the Atal Bihar ...

. The party works for the rights of the

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peoples. For example, the party works for more quotas and reservations for Adivasis. In 2003, JDP launched the ''Jharkhand Front'' together with four other parties, namely

Jharkhand People's Party Jharkhand People's Party, is a political party in India. It was launched by the radical All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) on 30 Dec 1991, at a conference in Ranchi under the leadership of led by Dr. Ram Dayal Munda. AJSU was founded on 22 June ...

, Jharkhand Party (Naren), Jharkhand Party (Horo) and Jharkhand Vikas Dal. In the

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elections in 2004, the JDP launched four candidates from

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, two from

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and one from

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 . I ...

. Jharkhand Disom Party supports

Raj Thackeray Raj Shrikant Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ ʈʰaːkɾeː born Swaraj Shrikant Thackeray; 14 June 1968) is an Indian politician and the founding chairperson of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a regional political party. Raj wa ...

's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's agitations against

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ns in Maharashtra. In August 2014,

merged his Jharkhand Disom Party into the BJP in presence of former Jharkhand Chief Minister

Arjun Munda Arjun Munda (born 3 May 1968) is an Indian politician. He is the current Minister of Tribal Affairs in the Second Modi ministry. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was also Chief Minister of Indian state of Jharkhand. He has also ...

.Jharkhand Vikas Morcha to merge with BJP on August 20
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Political parties in Jharkhand Political parties established in 2002 Indian Hindu political parties 2002 establishments in Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party breakaway groups {{Jharkhand-stub