State BJP shows its chink again, MLAs rush to Delhi

State BJP shows its chink again, MLAs rush to Delhi

Vijay Deo Jha Ranchi

The internal bickering in Jharkhand BJP does not seem to die down. The fire lit by former State president and Jamshedpur East MLA Raghuvar Das on March 31 (by assuring to support the Ranchi bandh) was not extinguished properly, and now he has kicked off a new storm. It is learnt that nearly 10 MLAs are presently camping at Jamshedpur and would go to New Delhi with Raghuvar Das on Saturday. The fresh demand of Das along with 10 other MLAs before BJP high command Raj Nath Singh and LK Advani would be to remove State president Pasupati Nath Singh from the post of the State BJP president. Highly placed sources confirmed Das is backed up by the some of the top disgruntled leaders of the party. Meanwhile, two of the party MLAs named Ramchandra Baitha, MLA from Kanke and Kedar Hazra MLA from Jamua, have already confirmed that they were camping in New Delhi. The odd 11 of the BJP includes Raghubar Das, Chatruram Mahto, Yogeswar Mahto, Ramchandra Baitha, Loknath Mahto, Putkar Hembram, Nilkanth Singh Munda, Koche Munda, Sameer Oraon and Chandres Oraon.However, party spokesperson Viranchi Naraya cited another reason behind "rushing of the MLAs" and said they have gone to Delhi to participate in a party programme to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first freedom struggle of India that took place in 1857. Meanwhile, the party sources confirmed about the ongoing confrontation between the Das and the Arjun Munda camp, which had been visible since last year. The sources indicated that Raghubar Das wanted to be the state president of the party, which would weaken the control of Munda from party since PN Singh is stated to be close to Munda camp. The Munda camp is also closely monitoring the entire issue and waiting for the next move of these MLAs.