Raghubar Das (born 3 May 1955) is an Indian politician who served as the sixth

Chief Minister of Jharkhand The Chief Minister of Jharkhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Jharkhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's '' de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief ...

. He was sworn in as the 6th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014. He belongs to

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and has twice served as the president of Jharkhand BJP. Currently he is the National Vice President of BJP. An employee of Tata Steel, he served as the member of legislative assembly five times, he was representing Jamshedpur East since 1995 to 2019. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister and the Urban Development Minister during the BJP-led government in the state. During internal emergency, he was sent behind the bars. He is the first chief minister of the state to have completed a full term.

Early life

He was born on 3 May 1955 to Chavan Ram, a labourer with a steel company, at TMH Hospital Jamshedpur. He belongs to the Taili caste. He passed

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from Bhalubasa Harijan High School, and completed B.Sc. from Jamshedpur Cooperative College. He also studied law from the same college and acquired LLB degree. After studies, he joined Tata Steel as a legal professional. He is a former RSS functionary.

Political career

Das was involved in politics since his college days. He participated in

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-led

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movement in the state. He was arrested and imprisoned in Gaya and was again imprisoned during the Emergency imposed by

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. Subsequently, Das joined the

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in 1977. Later he joined

(BJP) as a founding member in 1980. He participated in the first National Committee meeting of BJP in

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in 1980. He was appointed the chief of unit of Sitaramdera in

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (, ) or Tatanagar is the largest and most populous city in Jharkhand and the first planned industrial city in India. It is a Notified Area Council and Municipal corporation, Municipal Corporation and also the headquarter of the East ...

. Later he served as the city chief secretary and the vice president of Jamshedpur, BJP secretary and then became the vice president. He was elected as the member of

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in 1995 from Jamshedpur East. He again won from the same constituency five times. He was appointed a chief of BJP in Jharkhand in 2004. The BJP won 30 seats in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, 2005. He also served as the Urban Development Minister during the NDA government in 2005 under

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as the chief minister. He also led the

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in the state. He held the office of Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand state from 30 December 2009 to 29 May 2010, when

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was the chief minister. He was also appointed the vice president in the National Committee of BJP on 16 August 2014. He has shown assets to the tune of around Rs. 21 lakh. When BJP secured majority in

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, he became the sixth and the first non-tribal chief minister of the state on 28 December 2014. In the

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elections held in December, BJP under his leadership managed to win only 25 seats out of 81 assembly seats against the JMM alliance and had to resign. He lost to

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, an ex-leader of BJP, who was an independent candidate from the Jamshedpur east constituency with more than 15,000 votes.

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Raghubar Das affidavit
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