Jharkhand Gets Its New CM - Raghubar Das

The BJP legislative party has chosen Raghubar Das as its leader; hence he will be the next CM of the state. Mr Das will become the first non-tribal CM of Jharkhand.

BJP and its ally AJSU won a majority in the recently held elections in the state. The alliance won 42 out of the 81 seats in the state.  

Raghubar Das, 59, a former Deputy CM of the state and a BJP vice-president, was considered a front runner for the top job from the beginning, especially after the three times Cm and party's most powerful tribal face Arjun Munda lost the elections from Kharsawan.   

However, the party is mulling a tribal Deputy CM to placate the tribal populace of the state, which constitutes the 32 percent of the entire population of Jharkhand. 

Two senior BJP leaders namely - JP Nadda and Vinay Sahasrabuddhe- were given the responsibility to oversee today's legislature party meeting that was supposed to choose the CM candidate. 

Jharkhand has seen nine governments, five CMs, and three tenures president rule since its inception in the year 2000.

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The BJP's legislative party will meet today to elect its leader, as it is supposed to stake a claim to form the new government in Jharkhand. It would be the BJP's 5th and the state's 10th government in 14 years since its inception in the year 2000.  

The party's state unit spokesman Prem Mittal has informed the media that BJP observers JP Nadda and Vinay Sahastrabuddhe has arrived in Jharkhand and the legislature party meeting will begin at around 11 in the morning. Apart from the mentioned observers, BJP's in-charge for Jharkhand Trivendra Singh Rawat, state unit president Ravindra Rai, and former chief minister Arjun Munda would also take part in the meeting.   

After the meeting concludes, the party high-command will be informed about the mood of the newly elected MLAs. The front-runners for the top job in the state are Raghuvar Das and Saryu Roy; both of them say that the party-high command decision will be welcome.

"Jo bhi bichar sirsa netritva lenge woh sarva manya hoga(whatever the pary leadership decides, will be acceptable to all)," Das said when asked if he is in the race for the post of CM.

"It was decided that the elections in Jharkhand also would be held under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. So whatever the high command decides will prevail and accepted by all," said another top contender Roy.

If the BJP chooses a non-tribal face, it would be for the first time that the state would see a non-tribal CM. BJP's two CM's in the state - Babu Lal Marandi (once) and Arjun Munda( three times)- were both tribal.

Apart from the afore mentioned BJP CMs, the other three CMs of the state - Sibu Soren( thrice), Hemant Soren(once), and Madhu Koda( once)- were all tribal.

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BJP chief Amit Shah says the party has all the options open as far as the formation of government in Jammu and Kashmir is concerned. This statement of the veteran politician comes after the party could manage 25 seats in the 87 member J&K assembly and has come second to the PDP which obtained 28.

Mr Shah has also congratulated the BJP workers in the both J&K and Jharkhand states for being there and seeing that the party does well in the elections. "2014 was the year of unprecedented electoral successes for the BJP," Shah said.

The think tank of the PDP will be sitting tonight to sketch their future course of action. They will have to choose between Congress and the BJP. The political pundits are of the opinion that the PDP should swallow its pride and ally with the BJP for the sake of the development of the state.

On the other hand the BJP has bagged 38 seats in the 81 member assembly of Jharkhand. With a little bit of political mathematics, it should reach the coveted number 41, which is just 3 steps away at the present moment.

For a state like Jharkhand, which has seen 9 governments in 14 years since its inception in 2000, a stable government is like a magic potion. 

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Counting of votes has started in the Jammu and Kashmir province of India, where the BJP is trying its utmost to come in power for the first time in the history of independent India.

The early trend suggests that it's a close fight between the BJP and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). To come in power, a party needs to get 44 seats in the 87 member house.

The five phase election that started on 25 November and ended on the 20th of December, saw thousands of police and army personnel deployed in and around the polling stations all around the state.

According to the data provided by the election commission of India, around 65% of the eligible voters exercised their franchises. The politics of the state is dominated by two regional parties - the governing National Conference and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). The former is owned by the Abdulla family and the later by Saeed family.  

The BJP has never been a force to reckon with the muslin dominated Kashmir valley because of its hardline views of the state's relation with the Indian union. But with its thumping win the general elections in May; the BJP is eying a foothold in the valley.

The BJP, in the meanwhile, looks ready to move towards the majority in the 81 seat assembly of the statehood of Jharkhand, where the elections were held at the same time. Early leads tell us that it is already leading in 40 seats, while the main rival JMM is leading in 21 seats.

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Congress Is Misleading The Public: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused the Congress Party of telling lies and misleading the people of Jharkhand. PM launched this tirade at the Congress party in his election rally in Dumka, Jharkhand. 

"Congress doesn't even know the magnitude of the tribal people who stay in the nation. They never thought of working for them. Those against us are short of issues to criticize us. They wonder what to say, because we are devoted to serving the people. Congress holds a meeting every evening and thinks about what lies to spread, how to mislead the voters," Modi told the crowd.

Modi did not stop there, he accused the previous governments of looting the state coffers and resources. He urged the public to vote for the BJP to ensure development in the state.

"It is the development of the tribal communities that will lead to the development of the nation. Jharkhand has so much coal that you can remove darkness from all of India. If the previous governments did not work for the welfare of the people, what were they doing? They were looting you all," he spoke in his usual style.

"Do not give another chance to the people who have wronged you. If you do they will only wrong you more, punish them and they might get a lesson. Jharkhand is 14 years old now, when one is 14 years old care for them is intensified and this election will lay the foundation for Jharkhand for the next 100 years," he added eloquently.

The Election Commission said that the fourth phase of the five-phase election saw a voter turnout of 61.5% and no incident of violence was reported from the election zone.

The final phase of election in the state is going to be held on 20th December and the counting will take place on the 23rd of the same month. 

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