By PTI
RANCHI: A delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday met Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais and submitted a memorandum searching for his intervention in appointing Babulal Marandi as chief of Opposition within the 81-member state meeting.
Former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi was on February 24, 2020 unanimously elected as chief of the BJP Legislative Party.
Marandi had on February 17, 2020 merged his Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM-P) get together with the BJP at a proper merger ceremony within the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Ranchi.
The delegation led by get together state president and parliamentarian Deepak Prakash knowledgeable the Governor that the BJP legislative get together chief Babulal Marandi has not been accorded the standing of chief of opposition even after two years.
Talking to media individuals, Prakash mentioned, “Bharatiya Janata Party has unanimously elected the first Chief Minister of the state and Rajdhanwar legislator Babulal Marandi as the legislative party leader. But it is unfortunate for the state that even after a gap of more than two years Marandi has not been given the status of leader of opposition by the Speaker of the Assembly.”
Prakash alleged that the Speaker is just not taking choices on the behest of the state authorities. “This authorities doesn’t wish to run the home by constitutional procedures however like a dictator, he alleged.
Jharkhand BJP has been demanding Babulal Marandi, a former JVM-P chief who joined BJP after 2019 meeting elections, to be declared as chief of opposition.
The saffron get together had not elected its Legislative Party chief after the state polls in November-December 2019.
With the arrival of Marandi, the BJP’s quantity has swelled to 26 within the Jharkhand Assembly.
The ruling JMM-Congress-RJD has a mixed energy of 47 within the House.
The ongoing Budget session of the Jharkhand Assembly that began on February 25 will proceed until March 25.