Sukhdeo Bhagat was the Jharkhand

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

president and MLA in the

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in 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 and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . ...

representing

Lohardaga Lohardaga is a town and the district headquarters of Lohardaga district in the Indian state of Jharkhand, west of Ranchi, the state capital. Earlier (early 1900s) Lohardaga was the commissionary headquarters for Chotanagpur. It was only late ...

constituency in

Lohardaga district Lohardaga district is one of the twenty-four districts of the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district is named after the town of Lohardaga, the administrative headquarters of the district. The district was created from a portion of Ranchi dis ...

. He joined the BJP in 2019 and lost to Congress candidate Rameshwar Oraon in the Jharkhand assembly polls 2019. On 30 January 2022, Bhagat rejoined

Career

Sukhdeo Bhagat won the

seat, defeating BJP-backed All Jharkhand Students Union's (AJSU) candidate Niru Bhagat. He was appointed Jharkhand Congress president in May 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhagat, Sukhdeo Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Jharkhand Jharkhand MLAs 2014–2019 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand