JJM with one seat sets terms for support

Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch chief Bandhu Tirkey, the lone MLA of his party in the recent state assembly elections, today said he would support any combination which frames policies for welfare of the people.

Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch chief Bandhu Tirkey, the lone MLA of his party in the recent state assembly elections, today said he would support any combination which frames policies for welfare of the people.

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Tirkey demanded framing of a policy for employment of locals, rectifying discrepancies and distribution of BPL cards, allotment of houses to BPL families who lose their shelter in natural calamities and employment generation for the youth.

"Be it Congress-led or JMM-led or BJP-supported group, I have no reservation against any combination. I will support that dispensation which will meet my demands three months of government formation," Tirkey, who won from the Mandar seat, told PTI here.

"I am also not keen for a ministerial berth," he said admitting that certain parties had approached him, but refused to name them.

Tirkey, who sat in the opposition soon after the 2005 elections till the UPA formed the government after the fall of the Arjun Munda-led NDA government, has been a bitter critic of the BJP.

A former bank employee, his political career started in 2002 when he headed a pro-domicile agitation during the Babulal Marandi-led NDA government, demanding framing of a policy for government employment to locals in grade three and four categories.