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Simon Marandi was an Indian politician. He was elected to the
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, the lower house of the
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from
Rajmahal Rajmahal is a subdivisional town and a notified area in Rajmahal subdivision of the Sahebganj district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is situated at the banks of Ganges and was former capital of Bengal Subah under Mughal governor, Man Sin ...
as a member of the
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ( lit. ''Jharkhand Liberation Front''; JMM) is a State political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. It has one seat in the 17th Lok Sabha. Shibu Soren is the president of th ...
from 1989 to 1996.


Political career

He was elected to
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in
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by defeating the then incumbent Marang Murmu by 149 votes from
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. He won
Litipara Litipara is a village in Littipara CD block in Pakur subdivision of Pakur district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Litipara is located at . Litipara has an area of . Overview The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmah ...
in
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,
1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
,
2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election Elections for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly were held in December 2009. It was a contest between three alliances The Indian National Congress (INC), The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its major ally Janata Dal (United), and the Jharkhand ...
at
Litipara Litipara is a village in Littipara CD block in Pakur subdivision of Pakur district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Litipara is located at . Litipara has an area of . Overview The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmah ...
. He was Minister of Rural Development in first Hemant Soren ministry from 13 July 2013 to 28 December 2014. In 2014, he joined
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and contested in Littipara but lost to Dr. Anil Murmu of
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ( lit. ''Jharkhand Liberation Front''; JMM) is a State political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. It has one seat in the 17th Lok Sabha. Shibu Soren is the president of th ...
but for 2017 by-election, Maradi returned to
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ( lit. ''Jharkhand Liberation Front''; JMM) is a State political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. It has one seat in the 17th Lok Sabha. Shibu Soren is the president of th ...
and won the seat. In 2019, Dinesh William Marandi contested the polls in
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after Marandi sidelined himself due to ill health.


Controversy

On 12 December 2017, the
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called for Marandi's suspension from the
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly The Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha or the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand. List of assemblies See also *List of Chief Ministers of Jharkhand *List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Asse ...
for organizing a kissing contest for tribal couples in Pakur.


Personal life

He married Sushila Hansda and had a daughter and son Dinesh William Marandi who won the
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from
Litipara Litipara is a village in Littipara CD block in Pakur subdivision of Pakur district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Litipara is located at . Litipara has an area of . Overview The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmah ...
. In April 2021, he died of a cardiac ailment at Rabindranath Tagore Hospital,
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,
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at age of 73.


References


External links


Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
1947 births 2021 deaths Jharkhand Mukti Morcha politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand Lok Sabha members from Bihar India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1991–1996 {{Bihar-politician-stub