Jharkhand People's Party, is a

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. It was launched by the radical

All Jharkhand Students Union All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU PARTY is a state political party of Jharkhand state, India. AJSU PARTY was founded on June 22, 1986, modelled after All Assam Students Union. The founders of AJSU were disillusioned with the previous politica ...

(AJSU) on 30 Dec 1991, at a conference in Ranchi under the leadership of led by Dr.

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. AJSU was founded on 22 June 1986. JPP was reconstituted in 1994, with Dr.

as president and Surya Singh Besra as general secretary. Later a split occurred JPP and the faction led by Surya Singh Besra retained the name Jharkhand People's Party. The faction led by

Sudesh Mahto Sudesh Mahto is an Indian politician who was the former Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He is the member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Silli. He won the first assembly election in 2000 when he was aged 25. On the formation of Jhar ...

started using the name of parent organization - All Jharkhand Students Union.

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