Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM (P)) ( 'Jharkhand Development Front (Democratic)') was a state political party in the

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n state 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 . ...

which was founded by former Union Minister and First Chief Minister of Jharkhand,

Babulal Marandi Babulal Marandi (; born 11 January 1958) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand and current Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He was the founder ...

Formation

The party's formation was announced by Marandi at Hazaribagh on 24 September 2006. Marandi was earlier a member of the

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, but he quit in mid-2006 because he felt he was being sidelined in the party. Six JVM(P) MLAs on 11 Feb 2015 joined the BJP, a day after petitioning the Speaker to allow them to sit alongside the ruling BJP-led coalition members in the state Assembly. Naveen Jaiswal ( Hatia), Amar Kumar Bauri ( Chandankiyari), Ganesh Ganju ( Simaria), Alok Kumar Chourasia ( Daltonganj), Randhir Kumar Singh ( Sarath) and Janki Yadav ( Barkatha) joined the BJP at the Jharkhand Bhavan in

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Merger with BJP

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) led by

merged with the

on February 17, 2020, at Jagannathpur Maidan,

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in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda and former Chief Ministers of Jharkhand Arjun Munda and

Raghubar Das Raghubar Das (born 3 May 1955) is an Indian politician who served as the sixth Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He was sworn in as the 6th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party and has twice served a ...

. Earlier, Marandi expelled MLAs Pradeep Yadav and

Bandhu Tirkey Bandhu Tirkey is an Indian politician and a former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly elected from Mandar of Jharkhand state as a member of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) in 2019. He was expelled from his post on Feb, 2022 for hav ...

from the party for “anti-party activities”. Both of them later joined

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in its

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headquarters.

References

External links

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha , Official website
. Political parties established in 2006 Bharatiya Janata Party breakaway groups Political parties in India Political parties disestablished in 2020 2006 establishments in Jharkhand 2020 disestablishments in India {{Jharkhand-stub