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After voting on 43 seats in the first phase of Jharkhand on November 13, voting is to be held on 38 seats in the second phase on November 20. In such a situation, all the political parties are campaigning vigorously for 18 seats of Santhal Pargana and 16 seats of Koyalanchal including 4 seats of Chotanagpur. Along with counting their achievements, they are also working to put the failures of other parties before the public.
Like the first phase, in the second phase of Jharkhand too, many big leaders have rebelled after being angry with the ticket being cut before the election, who have joined other parties. The rest of the leaders will have a strong impact on the electoral equation. In the second phase, rebel leaders can spoil the game for both the parties. In such a situation, everyone’s eyes are on rebels like Lobin Hembram, Dinesh William Marandi, Dr. Louis Marandi.
Whose game will the rebels spoil?
The first name in the list of rebel leaders is Lobin Hembram. Lobin Hembram is known as a strong leader in Santhal Pargana. Hembram left Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and joined BJP just about a month before the assembly elections and BJP made him a candidate from Borio. Dhananjay Soren has been fielded against him. This time a political battle will be seen in Borio between two disciples of Shibu Soren. Leaving the bow and arrow, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha rebel Lobin Hembram is ready to spoil the game to make the lotus bloom.
Lobin Hembram was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Borio for the first time in 1990 on a JMM ticket. Lobin Hembram won the election as an independent in 1995. In the year 2000, he became a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly on a JMM ticket. After this, he became MLA on JMM ticket in 2009 and 2019. Lobin is in the electoral fray for the 8th time but this time on a BJP ticket instead of JMM. What will be the result, it will be known only on 23 November.
Dr. Louis Marandi
The second name in the list of rebel leaders is that of Dr. Louis Marandi. Dr. Louis Marandi, who is known as a veteran leader in Santhal Pargana, is the same leader who defeated Hemant Soren in the 2014 assembly elections and became a cabinet minister in the Raghuvar Das government. After spending more than 20 years in BJP, this time Dr. Louis Marandi, angry at not getting a ticket from Dumka in the 2024 elections, has left BJP and joined JMM and JMM has made him a candidate from its strongest and traditional Jama seat. Dr. Louis Marandi is pitted against Suresh Murmu of BJP. This time Louis Marandi is sweating in the field to defeat BJP in this election.
Dinesh William Marandi
The third name in the list of rebel leaders is that of Dinesh William Marandi. Dinesh William Marandi, son of Simon Marandi, who is counted among the veteran leaders of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, is the only MLA whose ticket has been cut by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in this election. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has cut Dinesh William Marandi’s ticket and has fielded Hemlal Murmu from Letipara. Angered by this, Dinesh William Marandi entered the electoral fray as an independent. However, two days ago, he has joined BJP and now Dinesh William Marandi, son of late Simon Marandi, known as a strong soldier of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, is seen making strategies in the electoral field against Jharkhand Mukti Morcha this time.
You can guess how much hold Dinesh William Marandi and his father late Simon Marandi have in Santhal Pargana from the fact that in 1977, Simon Marandi was elected as a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Littipara for the first time, after which he won the election from Littipara in 1980, 1985, 2009 and 2017. Along with this, in the year 1989, he also won the Parliament election from Rajmahal seat. This time, the family of late Simon Marandi, who is considered a strong soldier of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in Santhal, is standing in favor of BJP to defeat Jharkhand Mukti Morcha as part of the election strategy. All eyes are on these three leaders.
JMM dominates the seats of Santhal Pargana
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha dominates the seats of Santhal Pargana in Jharkhand. To save this political legacy and stronghold, Chief Minister Hemant Soren from Barhet, his brother Basant Soren from Dumka, Nalin Soren’s son Alok Soren from Shikaripara, Prof Stephen Marandi from Maheshpur and many other stalwarts are in the fray to save the stronghold of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. Out of the total 18 ST reserved seats in Santhal Pargana, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha currently occupies 7.
On the other hand, if we talk about Koyalanchal, BJP dominates Dhanbad-Bokaro. BJP and NDA have captured 8 out of 16 seats in Koyalanchal. It is a challenge for NDA and BJP to retain it. In the second phase of elections, the political reputation of many bigwigs including Chief Minister Hemant Soren, his brother Basant Soren, wife Kalpana Soren, sister-in-law Sita Soren, former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi, Assembly Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahato, Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri Shaheed is at stake.
