Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM (P)) ( 'Jharkhand Development Front (Democratic)') was a state political party in the

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n state 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 ...

which was founded by former

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and First Chief Minister of Jharkhand,

Babulal Marandi Babulal Marandi (; born 11 January 1958) is an Indian politician and a prominent tribal leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) . He is currently the Leader of Opposition in Jharkhand legislative assembly. He was the first Chief Minister o ...

Formation

The party's formation was announced by Marandi at

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on 24 September 2006. Marandi was earlier a member of the

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, but he quit in mid-2006 because he felt he was being sidelined in the party. Six JVM(P) MLAs on 11 Feb 2015 joined the BJP, a day after petitioning the Speaker to allow them to sit alongside the ruling BJP-led coalition members in the state Assembly. Naveen Jaiswal (

Hatia Hatia is a suburb neighbourhood of Ranchi in Jharkhand, India. Hatia railway station is the railway station serving the capital city of Ranchi in the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Etymology The name "Hatia" derive from "H ...

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 ...

(

Chandankiyari Chandnakiyari is a suburb in Bokaro, Jharkhand, India. It is a village in the Chandankiyari CD block in the Chas subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is planned to be a part of Greater Bokaro. It is also a ...

), Ganesh Ganju (

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), Alok Kumar Chourasia (

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), Randhir Kumar Singh ( Sarath) and Janki Yadav (

Barkatha Barakatha (also spelled Barahkatha) is a village in the Barkatha CD block in the Barhi subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Barkatha is located at . Surajkund hot spring is from Barka ...

) joined the

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at the Jharkhand Bhavan in

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Dissolution

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) merged with the

on February 17, 2020, at Jagannathpur Maidan,

Ranchi Ranchi (; ) is the capital city and also the largest district by population of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern ...

in presence of Union Home Minister

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, BJP president

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and former Chief Ministers of Jharkhand

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and

Raghubar Das Raghubar Das (born 3 May 1955) is an Indian politician who has served as the 26th governor of Odisha since 2023 until 2024. Das has previously served as the sixth chief minister of Jharkhand from 2014 to 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya J ...

. Earlier, Marandi had expelled MLAs Pradeep Yadav and

Bandhu Tirkey Bandhu Tirkey is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Mandar Assembly constituency representing Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) in 2019. Babulal Marandi expelled his party MLA ...

from the party for “anti-party activities”. Both of them later joined

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in its

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headquarters.

Electoral history

General election results

Legislative Assembly election results

References

External links

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha, Official website
. Political parties established in 2006 Bharatiya Janata Party breakaway groups Political parties in India Political parties disestablished in 2020 2006 establishments in Jharkhand 2020 disestablishments in India {{Jharkhand-stub