Babulal Marandi”s JVM P merges with BJP

NEW DELHI: JVM(P) of former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi merged with the BJP on Monday.nn

भारतीय जनता पार्टी में झारखण्ड के प्रथम मुख्यमंत्री श्री @yourbabulal जी का स्वागत है. #UnitedBJPInJharkhand pic.twitter.com/OzqlscylTC

— BJP JHARKHAND (@BJP4Jharkhand) February 17, 2020

nnUnion Home Minister Amit Shah welcomed Marandi, the first chief minister of Jharkhand, and his supporters into the saffron party at a rally here.nnShah also assured the tribal leader that he will get due respect and responsibility in the BJP.nn

आज रांची, झारखंड में आयोजित ‘मिलन समारोह’ में 14 वर्ष बाद श्री बाबूलाल मरांडी जी पार्टी में लौटे हैं। मुझे विश्वास है कि उनके भाजपा में आने से पार्टी की झारखंड के विकास एवं यहाँ की जनता के कल्याण के लिए संघर्ष की शक्ति कई गुनी बढ़ेगी।

इस कार्यक्रम की कुछ तस्वीरें। pic.twitter.com/RpFQGeIAUQ

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) February 17, 2020

nn”I am delighted that Babulal Marandi has returned to BJP. I was working for his return since 2014 when I became the party president,” Shah told the well attended rally.nnHe also raised the Ayodhya issue and withdrawal of special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.nn”Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ensured Kashmir becomes an integral part of India forever by scrapping articles 370 and 35(A) of the Constitution,” he said.nnMarandi was the chief minister of Jharkhand from November 2000 to March 2003.nnA four-time former MP, he gradually drifted away from the BJP and launched his own outfit– Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)  (JVM-P)in 2006.nnSource: Press Trust of India