Ganesh Ganjhu was the member of

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Ranchi, the capital of the state. List of assemblies ...

from

Simaria Simaria is an Indian village on the Ganges river. It is in the Begusarai District and near BTPS, Barauni Barauni is an industrial town situated on the bank of the river Ganges in the Begusarai district in the state of Bihar, India. It ...

. In the 2014 general election, he was elected as MLA of Simaria as

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM (P)) ( 'Jharkhand Development Front (Democratic)') was a state political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by former Union Minister and First Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Babulal ...

candidate. In February 2015, he switched sides and joined the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

with other five MLA's including Randhir Kumar Singh,

Amar Kumar Bauri Amar Kumar Bauri (born 25 November 1978) is an Indian politician and previous leader of the opposition in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He is the member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was Minister of Jharkhand. Earlier he was associated wi ...

, Janki Prasad Yadav, Alok Kumar Chourasia and

Navin Jaiswal Navin Jaiswal is a member of Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand state, India. He represents Hatia Assembly seat as its MLA. He was member of All Jharkhand Students Union then shifting to Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) in November 2014. ...

from JVM(P).

Early life and family

Ganesh Ganjhu was born in Lutto village of

Chatra district Chatra district is district one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. The district was formed after separation from Hazaribagh district in 1991. Chatra is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district covers a ...

. He is son of Panchu Ganjhu. His brother Brajesh Ganjhu is supremo of banned Maoist organisation Tritiya Prastuti Committee(TPC).

Career

He is an agriculturist and a social worker. In 2009 he contested election in the ticket of

, but lost. Then he joined

but could not get ticket to contest election. Then again in 2014, he joined JVM, contested election from Simaria and won. Then again in 2015, he switched to BJP.

References

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