Raghubar das

Cases related to Pathalgadi movement and connected with opposition to proposed amendments in land tenancy laws will be dropped and FIRs lodged in various police stations will be withdrawn. read more

Even in tribal-dominated areas in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, where assembly polls were held in November 2018, the party lost most of the seats reserved for STs. read more

The BJP which is now the main opposition party in the state has slammed the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) led government’s decision to let off Pathalgadi accused. read more

Despite driving its campaign with a “double engine” fuelled by 20 rallies of Modi and Shah, the BJP, as expected, is trying to distance its national leadership from the loss. But the result is as much a reflection on state government’s failure as a statement... read more

The case has been registered with Mahijam police station in Jamtara district and investigation has been handed over to SDPO Arvind Upadhyay. HT has inspected the copy of FIR. read more

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Infighting in the state unit, allegedly due to the discontentment over ticket distribution and ‘high-handedness’ of a section in the party backed by Raghubar Das is being counted as one of the reasons for the BJP’s defeat in the assembly polls. read more

Faced with massive infighting and struggling for tribal support, the BJP couldn’t even emerge as the single largest party in Jharkhand. read more

A senior leader of the JMM said some of the decisions would also have legislative implications as some laws would need to be tweaked. read more

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) led alliance has secured a clear majority in the Jharkhand assembly. The JMM has recorded its best ever performance and emerged as the single largest party with 29 MLAs. read more

Still worse, Das, who has won from the Jamshedpur East constituency five times in a row, lost -- to his former cabinet colleague Saryu Roy who contested as an independent. read more

The Jharkhand outcome is the result of a range of factors — from chief minister Raghubar Das’s perceived unpopularity to policies that alienated tribals; from deep internal factionalism within the BJP to the Opposition coalition, which prevented a division... read more

Roy has won from the Jamshedpur West constituency twice in the past, and this time, he shifted to the Jamshedpur East Constituency to take on the chief minister after he was denied a ticket in his old constituency. read more

Don’t impose leaders with no mass base; address the economy; and be prepared for a tough poll cycle read more

Das has in past served as president of Jharkhand BJP twice. The party had contested the 2009 assembly and Lok Sabha elections under his leadership. read more