The votes exercised in favour of NOTA was even more than the victory margin in two tribal dominated parliamentary constituencies of Khunti and Lohardaga read more

Another notable loss was of former chief minister and JVM(P) chief Babulal Marandi, who was defeated by BJP’s Annapurna Devi by over 4.5 lakh votes. read more

Soren and Marandi are the two tallest tribal leaders of the state and had been adversaries all their political life before the two parties came together to become part of the grand opposition alliance of four parties in the state. read more

Leaders of the Opposition Grand Alliance parties have stepped up their election campaigns in the Santhal Parganas, read more

Among the 61 candidates in the fray were two former CMs Arjun Munda and Babulal Marandi, and two union ministers, current minister of state Jayant Sinha and former union minister Subodh Kant Sahay of Congress. read more

BJP leader and three-term chief minister Arjun Munda is in the fray from Khunti, in an attempt to take the legacy of party veteran Karia Munda forward. read more

Hitting out at opposition parties, PM Modi said, “They are spreading message that Modi’s win is for sure, then why to take trouble to go to booths in this sweltering heat.” read more

Marandi, who is contesting elections from Koderma Lok Sabha seat, has been threatened to stay out of state till parliamentary elections were over read more

“I will continue my engagement with the people and hope, 2019 will be the year of JMM to actualise the Jharkhandi dreams,” he said. read more

While Annapurna Devi, the BJP candidate in Koderma Lok Sabha seat, is a name to reckon with, the opposition Grand Alliance claims that its candidate Babulal Marandi has the edge in this triangular fight between the BJP, GA and CPi (ML). read more

JVM (P) has been allotted Koderma and Godda Lok Sabha seat as part of the opposition grand alliance and the party’s central committee met on Saturday here and cleared the candidature of the two top leaders of the regional party. read more

Marandi, who is expected to contest from Koderma, said the opposition alliance would wrest all seats in the state from the BJP. Presently, 12 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats are with the BJP while the rest two is represented by the JMM. read more

“Marandi and Yadav both have now filed separate writ petitions in the high court for quashing the speaker’s verdict and disqualifying the six MLAs,” said advocate RN Sahay, representing the duo. read more

The Uttarakhand unit of BJP on Sunday termed as “baseless” Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) president Babulal Marandi’s allegations that chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had engineered defection of its six MLAs in 2015 to help the BJP form government... read more