Tag: Koderma
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For Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, opposition leaders are Jackals, Foxes and Wolves
Giridih/Ranchi: It seems like there is a competition going on in the 17th Lok Sabha campaign between political leaders as to who will stoop down to the lowest order in attacking their rivals. Today, during the nomination of Annapurna Devi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s candidate for the Koderma parliamentary constituency, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das…
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Narendra Modi remained out of country for 22 months; did not fulfill his promises made to the people of India—Babulal Marandi
Giridih/Ranchi: Amid the show of mahagathbandan’s unity in Jharkhand, former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi filed his nomination for Koderma Lok Sabha parliamentary seat. On the occasion, he was accompanied by the heads of the opposition parties who are part of the gathbandhan in Jharkhand including Jharkhand Mukhti Morcha (JMM)’s working president and former Chief Minister…
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Meet Rajkumar Yadav, against whom BJP did not field its sitting MP and brought outsider to contest
Giridih/Ranchi: He is neither highly qualified, nor has a huge following on social media, but his and Kanhaiya Kumar – CPM’s candidate from Begusarai have similar political circumstances. Meet the candidate of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) for Koderma’s parliamentary constituency Rajkumar Yadav. This Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Dhanwar is a mass leader,…
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Wanted: Three Suitable Candidates for BJP in Ranchi, Koderma and Chatra
Ranchi: The opposition alliance has definitely disrupted the arithmetic of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Jharkhand. For the BJP is neither being able to field the incumbents, nor the recently poached leaders from the opposition camp. Voting for Ranchi and Koderma will take place on May 6, while Chatra will be held on April…
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Gathbadhan’s fight against BJP and its double standard on Koderma and Begusarai seats
Ranchi: In 2018 when for the first time the concept of a united opposition alliance – Mahagathbandhan or gathbandhan was thought of, it was believe that it will be a collective association to defeat the ruling Bharatia Janata Party (BJP) and NDA. Now with the election bugle being blown for the 2019 Lok Sabha election,…
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‘Mighty’ BJP and suspense over three Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand
Ranchi/Kolkata: It has been over a week, since Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared the names of its Lok Sabha election candidates for ten seats in Jharkhand. However, the name of candidates for Koderma, Chatra and state capital Ranchi is yet to be announced. All these three seats were won by the party in 2014. Out…
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BJP’s Koderma gamble: Party fielding RJD’s former Jharkhand chief from Koderma!
Ranchi: In a major political development, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)’s state President Annapurna Devi along with few more RJD leaders and cadres are expected to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. Annapurna, the four times MLA from Koderma Assembly segment may get BJP’s symbol to contest either from Koderma or Chatra parliamentary constituency. Since Sunday…
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Lok Sabha polls will be like that of 1977 – India voting against the dictatorship of Indira Gandhi, says Dipankar Bhattacharya
Bagodar/Giridih: The All India General Secretary of Communist Party of India- Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML), Dipankar Bhattacharya, while addressing the humongous crowd assembled at Bagodar claimed that the 2019 General Election will be like of 1977 when India rose against the dictatorship of Indira Gandhi and Emergency. This fight, he claimed is bigger than that of…
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BJP MLA threatens rape survivor’s family to set ablaze their house, send them on exile
Ranchi: Kedar Hazra, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Jamua (Giridih district) assembly segment has been accused of protecting a rape accused. The two times BJP MLA has also been accused of threatening a minor rape survivor and her family during a panchyat session. He allegedly intimidated the victim by saying that her home would be…
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In search of sparkle: is corporate inaction on mica condemning Indian children to death?
GIRIDIH, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Since 12-year-old Laxmi Kumari was buried alive in a mica mine eight months ago, her family’s grief has turned to despair on realizing promises by global companies to end child labor in the mines in eastern India have so far led to nothing. Just over a year ago, a…