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This is part of the BJP candidate Purnima Das Sahu, JMM candidate Alok Soren and another BJP candidate, Champai Soren's son Babulal Soren. (Credit:X) WITH THE nominations drawing to a close in Jharkhand on Tuesday, eight new members from key political families looked set to make their debut in the political Of the eight, five have been fielded by the BJP, which often talks of “parivarvaad”.
The 40-year-old is the son of former JMM stalwart and short-term Chief Minister Champai Soren. He has been fielded by the BJP from Ghatsila, with Champai also Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Event 2025 getting the BJP ticket, from his long-term seat of Saraikella. The BJP’s Jharkhand coin-charge, Himanta Biswa Sarma, justified tickets to both the father and son, saying Babulal had been fielded as part of the promise made to Champai when he joined Named by the JMM as the CM when Hemant Soren was arrested over money- laundering charges, Champai was asked to step down after Hemant came out on Bharat Bandh Highlights: Protests break out in Chennai, Kolkata; trade union workers block roads, railway tracks bail.
He left over this “ill-treatment” and joined the BJP. Rahul Gandhi, Bihar Bandh and electoral roll revision: What is shaping Bihar politics protest MLA Padalkar’s Minister Ashish Shelar slams BJP MP over ‘I knew they were dead…’: Survivors recall minutes after part of Gujarat bridge gave way On the ground, many BJP workers are not happy about the ticket to Babulal, pointing out that he has not spent much time in Ghatsila constituency, though people know him for being Champai’s son and for organising football tournaments.
In his election affidavit, Babulal, a graduate, has declared that he owns 15 vehicles, of them five passenger, and the others dumper trucks, backhoe loaders etc. He has one case against him of “disrupting government officials”. Trump administration issues subpoenas to Harvard, warns it could lose accreditation Babulal faces the JMM’s sitting MLA Ramdas Soren from Ghatsila. In 2019, Ramdas won the seat defeating his BJP rival by around 7,000 votes.
Guru Dutt's muse Waheeda Rehman went from being his inspiration to getting banished from his studio Purnima Das Sahu The 30-year-old is the daughter-in-law of former Jharkhand BJP CM Raghubar Das, who is currently the Odisha Governor. The BJP’s rivals have accused Das of campaigning for Sahu, the BJP candidate from Jamshedpur East, in violation of the Bollywood star who debuted with Kajol saw his family killed in front of him; father shot mother, sister before turning the gun on himself propriety of the constitutional post he holds.
The Jamshedpur East constituency was earlier held by Das. However, in 2019, he lost from here to BJP rebel-turned-Independent Saryu Roy by about 15,000 votes. Sahu is facing Ajoy Kumar of the Congress, who is a former state chief of the party and one-time MP from Jamshedpur. By all accounts, it is a tough race as Sahu belongs originally to Chhattisgarh. A postgraduate, with ‘retail trade of household goods’ listed as her occupation in her affidavit, she told reporters after getting the ticket: “I have to carry forward the legacy of (Raghubar Das), and that is to get IFS officer shares chilling clip of man holding giant king cobra: ‘Real size of King cobra…’ ahead in politics without losing one’s goodness.”
The 46-year-old is the wife of former Union minister and three-time Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda. A doctorate from Kolhan University, her affidavit identifies her as a Christian Horner sacked as Red Bull team principal after 20 years amid Max Verstappen-Mercedes rumours party for considering “an ordinary candidate like me”. In 2019, the JMM’s Sanjib Sardar won the Potka seat by a huge margin of around 50,000 votes against the BJP’s Menka Sardar.
Satrughan Mahato alias Sharad Mahato Satrughan is the elder brother of Dhullu Mahato, a three-time BJP Baghmara MLA. With Dhullu moving on to become BJP Dhanbad MP, the party has fielded Satrughan from Baghmara. Lord's Test: Why even with Jasprit Bumrah's return, Shubham Gill's team can't afford to let guard down Satrughan has been vocal about rights of daily wage workers in the area for the past 15 years, acting as a representative of his brother.
The 53-year-old will also count on the popular support for Dhullu, despite the more than 40 criminal cases, including of rape, against him. Talking to reporters after he got the ticket, Satrughan claimed a “personal relationship” with Baghmara. “A responsibility has been bestowed upon the son of a poor daily wage worker,” he said, adding that it was not just the family name but his work for the party that had got him the ticket.
Stories from Yuvraj Singh's fundraiser: Pant’s highest bid, Kohli’s dyed-beard joke, Tendulkar’s 2011 In 2019, Dhullu scraped through in Baghmara by 800-odd votes against his Congress The 50-year-old is the wife of sitting BJP MLA Indrajit Mahato. She is stepping into his shoes in the Sindri seat as Indrajit has not been keeping well since 2021. During this time, Tara Devi has become well-known in the area for her work on his behalf and as a one-time zila parishad member.
Tara Devi, who has studied up to Class 12, told the media after getting the ticket: “I Old Delhi, new Washington have three families now: one in Hyderabad, where my husband is being treated, another my own family, and the third the Sindri Assembly constituency.” In 2019, Indrajit won from Sindri by about 8,000 votes, against a Marxist Coordination Committee candidate. The 44-year-old is the JMM candidate from the Shikaripara Assembly seat.
An MBA Its eye on dark mysteries, how Rubin observatory will reveal the cosmos like never before and the owner of a firm, Alok replaces his father Nalin Soren, who is now the Dumka Lok Sabha MP. A member of the JMM Central Committee, Alok is credited with having helped father Nalin win against Sita Soren from Dumka in the Lok Sabha elections. Nalin won by close to 25,000 votes. When Ed Sheeran picks up the In the 2019 Assembly polls, Nalin won from Shikaripara by around 30,000 votes against a BJP candidate.
The 37-year-old has been fielded by the JMM from Manoharpur Assembly seat, earlier held by his mother Jobha Manjhi. A former Women and Child Development Minister, Jobha was elected as the Chaibasa MP in this year’s Lok Sabha elections. A graduate from Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Jagat has been a part of Samsung unveils thin $2000 Galaxy Z Fold 7 foldable phone as it aims to catch up with Chinese rivals the JMM’s youth wing and has impressed with his organisational skills.
In 2019, Jobha won from Manoharpur by 16,000 votes, defeating the BJP’s Gurucharan Nishat, who is in her 50s, is the wife of jailed Congress Rural Development Minister and four-time MLA Alamgir Alam. A homemaker who kept away from politics, Nishat has been roped in by the Congress to contest from Pakur, in place of the IFS officer shares chilling clip of man holding giant king cobra: ‘Real size of She will take on the All Jharkhand Students’ Union Party’s Azhar Islam, who is also Christian Horner sacked as Red Bull team principal after 20 years amid Max Alamgir was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in May on money laundering More Premium Stories ‘Teri yaad aa rahi hai’: Bihar electoral rolls revision: Elections are for a democratic nation, not an exclusive As RSS calls for why it puts BJP in a protests don’t see: The Hindi in Hindutva Vatsala, Asia’s oldest elephant aged over 100, dies in Madhya Pradesh