Chatterbox: Marandi looking for 'ghar wapsi' in BJP

Babulal Marandi, a tribal leader from Jharkhand who left the BJP in 2006, is keen to return to party

On the heels of the Janata Dal United’s re-entry into the National Democratic Alliance, Babulal Marandi, a  tribal leader from Jharkhand who left the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2006, is keen to return to the party. It was the BJP which made him a Union minister and then chief minister of Jharkhand when the state came into existence in 2000. After parting ways with the BJP in 2006, on account of being sidelined, he floated the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha. Marandi is close to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, who has addressed over half a dozen rallies in Jharkhand with him