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Former Jharkhand Chief minister Babulal Marandi
RANCHI: Former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi on Thursday claimed that the Madhupur bye-election will be a rerun of the 2009 Tamar bypoll.
“I have said this on March 30, and I will repeat it again. In 2009, the then chief minister (Shibu Soren) had to resign after he lost in the Tamar bypoll. On May 2, the incumbent minister (Hafizul Hassan) will have to resign after he loses in Madhupur,” Marandi told reporters at the BJP state headquarters here.
Shibu had to resign from the CM’s post in January 2009 after he was handed a shock defeat by his opponent Gopal Krishna Patar (Raja Peter). Patar defeated Shibu by over 9,000 votes.
Ranchi: Governor Droupadi Murmu on Friday administered the oath of office and secrecy to Hafiz Ul Hasan, the eldest son of deceased JMM minister Haji Hussain Ansari at the Durbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan. Hasan is the 11th minister in chief minister Hemant Soren’s cabinet. He will hold the portfolios of tourism, arts and culture, youth affairs and sports and minorities affairs.
Since Hasan is not a member of the assembly, he must win from a seat within six months from taking oath to retain the post. He is likely to fight the bypoll, expected in April along with West Bengal assembly election, from the Madhupur constituency, which fell vacant following the death of his father. Haji, who held the charge of minority affairs, died in October last year from post-recovery complications after getting infected by Covid-19. The decision to induct Hasan in the cabinet was taken in a sudden turn of events taken on Thursday night.