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Article: All former Jharkhand Chief Ministers in Lok Sabha poll fray.
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- United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India)
- Article date:
- April 5, 2009
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Jamshedpur, Apr. 5 -- All the Chief Ministers who have ruled Jharkhand ever since its formation are contesting Lok Sabha polls in the state.
Jharkhand, carved out from Bihar in November,2000, has witnessed six governments and four Chief Ministers till last January when President's Rule was imposed in the state.
Out of the four, Babulal Marandi and the last Chief Minister Shibu Soren have been elected to the House before. However, the other two are contesting for the first time.
Mr Marandi is contesting from the Koderma seat as a candidate of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha while the state's second and the fourth Chief Minister Arjun Munda is a BJP ...