All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU Party is a state political party of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

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. The party was founded on 22 June 1986, modelled after All Assam Students Union. AJSU was born out jharkhand separate statehood movement and portrayed a more pragmatic, aggressive and decisive approach than its predecessors, like– JMM and Jharkhand Party. Founding members of AJSU include - Nirmal Mahato, Surya Singh Besra, Prabhakar Tirkey, Kamal Kishore Bhagat, Praveen Prabhakar, among others.

History

AJSU organized general strikes and campaigns to boycott the

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elections in 1989. The formation of Jharkhand State is accredited to its organised and persistent demand for statehood. Today, AJSU contests elections under the leadership of Sudesh Mahto, a former deputy Chief Minister of the state. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, AJSU was allied with the

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. Ahead of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, 2005, AJSU broke with the BJP-led NDA and formed an alliance with Lok Janshakti Party. Ahead of the 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, AJSU again allied with the BJP-led NDA. As results announced, AJSU won five seats while BJP won 37 seats in the state assembly securing the majority. AJSU party president Sudesh Mahto lost from his constituency Silli after representing it for nearly 15 years.

Electoral history

Lok Sabha elections

Legislative Assembly elections

List of presidents

List of deputy chief ministers

List of MPs

Members of Parliament, Lok Sabha

References

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