Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)

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Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) ( JVM , Hindi झारखण्ड विकास मोर्चा 'Jharkhand Progress Front (Democratic)') is a regional party in the Indian state of Jharkhand .

Party history

The party was officially founded on September 24, 2006 as a political party by Babulal Marandi in Hazaribagh (Jharkhand). Marandi had been active in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and in various Sangh Parivar organizations since his youth . In 1996 he became local party leader of the BJP in Jharkhand, which at that time was still part of the state of Bihar , and the BJP won a large part of the constituencies of Jharkhand under his leadership in the 1998 and 1999 parliamentary elections . On November 15, 2000, Jharkhand was separated from Bihar and made a state of its own . Marandi became Jharkhand's first chief minister and leader of a coalition government made up of the BJP, Samata Party and Janata Dal (United) . Under pressure from coalition partners and after a government crisis, the BJP had to replace the Chief Minister and Marandi's party rival Arjun Munda succeeded him as Chief Minister in 2003. This disavowal by his own party was probably the deeper reason for his later break with the BJP.

A comb, the election symbol of the JVM

The 2004 all-India parliamentary elections were disappointing for the BJP. In Jharkhand she could only win one of the 14 constituencies. Only Babulal Marandi was successful in constituency 5-Kodarma . In May 2006, however, he announced his resignation from the BJP. In a letter to the BJP party chairman Rajnath Singh , he raised allegations against the BJP party leadership in Jharkhand. This neglected the interests of the population in favor of its own advantages. Marandi at the same time gave back his mandate in the Lok Sabha . In September 2006 he founded the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) and was re-elected with a large majority in the by-election in his constituency 5-Kodarma .

In the Indian parliamentary elections in 2009 , Babulal Marandi again won the constituency 5-Kodarma in Jharkhand for the JVM . In the Indian general election in 2014 , the JVM was unable to win any more constituencies. In the 2009 election to the Jharkhand Parliament, JVM won 9.0% of the vote and 11 of the 81 constituencies. In the next election in Jharkhand in December 2014, she received 10% of the vote and won 8 constituencies.

Since 2010, the party has been courted by the BJP with the aim of winning back the former breakaway BJP supporters. On August 21, 2014, 5 JVM MPs joined the BJP in the Jharkhand Parliament. On February 11, 2015, 6 members of the JVM defected to the BJP in Jharkhand's parliament. As a result, the JVM faction shrank to just 2 MPs and the parliamentary support of the BJP-led regional government in Jharkhand increased to 48 of 81 seats.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vishvendu Jaipuriar: Marandi's 'Morcha' strikes out Stephen. (No longer available online.) The Telegraph (Calcutta) September 25, 2006, archived from the original February 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 23, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.telegraphindia.com
  2. ↑ Soroor Ahmed: Giant-killer wants to be Jharkhand CM. rediff.com, November 14, 2000, accessed May 23, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Tara Shankar Sahay: Arjun Munda to replace Marandi. rediff.com, March 17, 2003, accessed May 23, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Kalyan Chaudhuri: Maneuvers in Jharkhand. Frontline Volume 20 - Issue 07, April 11, 2003, accessed May 23, 2015 .
  5. ^ Marandi quits BJP, Lok Sabha. The Times of India, May 17, 2006, accessed May 23, 2015 .
  6. ^ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed on December 15, 2014 (English, election results of all Indian elections to the Lok Sabha and the parliaments of the states since independence).
  7. ^ Ajay Jha: BJP offers olive branch to Jharkhand Vikas Morcha president. Gulf News India, January 2, 2015, accessed May 23, 2015 .
  8. ↑ A faction of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha merges with BJP. zeenews.india.com, August 21, 2014, accessed May 23, 2015 .
  9. ↑ 6 Jharkhand Vikas Morcha MLAs join ruling BJP. rediff.com, February 11, 2015, accessed May 23, 2015 .