Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren faces competition from teacher, BJP gives ticket to Gamaliel Hembram from Barhet seat – Read

BJP has released another list for Jharkhand assembly elections. There are names of two candidates in this list. Out of the two seats on which BJP has announced candidates, one seat ‘Barhet’ is the hottest seat of Jharkhand. BJP has fielded Gamaliel Hembram as its candidate from Barhet while Vikas Mahato has been given ticket from Tundi.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren himself is the candidate from Barhet, which is one of the hottest seats in Jharkhand and has been winning elections continuously since 2014. This seat reserved for Scheduled Tribes is considered the safest seat for JMM. Voting on Barhet assembly seat will be held on 20th November. This seat is considered the stronghold of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. CM Hemant Soren has filed nomination from Barhet assembly seat for the third consecutive time.

Who is Gamaliel Hembram?

Gamaliel Hembram, BJP candidate from Barhet seat, left his job as a teacher and became active in politics about 5 years ago. In 2019, Gamaliel Hembram left his government job and entered the electoral arena on AJSU party ticket against Chief Minister Hemant Soren. His security deposit was confiscated in the elections. He got only 2573 votes. Hemant Soren won this seat. Hemant Soren got 73,725 votes. BJP candidate Simon Malto was in second place. He got 47,985 votes.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha was continuously taunting the Bharatiya Janata Party for not releasing the list of candidates for Barhat, the hottest seat of Jharkhand. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s central spokesperson Manoj Pandey had even said that the person whom BJP is making its candidate is running away from the field. Who will get himself politically martyred by contesting elections against the Chief Minister?