Babulal Marandi elected BJP-LP leader in Jharkhand

Former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi was on Monday unanimously elected as leader of the BJP Legislative Party.

Marandi had on February 17 merged his Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM-P) party with the BJP at a formal merger ceremony in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah here.

BJP's national general secretary Arun Singh told a press conference that Marandi was elected to the post by all the party MLAs.

He said legislators will give a letter to the office of Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato regarding election of Marandi as the Leader of the BJP-LP following which the JVM-P leader