Raghubar Das

Raghubar Das (born 3 May 1955) is an Indian politician who served as the sixth Chief Minister of Jharkhand[lower-greek 1] state of India. He was sworn in as the 6th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party and have twice served as the president of Jharkhand BJP,Currently he is National Vice President of Bjp.[3][4]

Raghubar Das
6th Chief Minister of Jharkhand
In office 28 December 2014 – 29 December 2019
Governor	Syed Ahmed Draupadi Murmu
Preceded by	Hemant Soren
Succeeded by	Hemant Soren
Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand
In office 30 December 2009 – 29 May 2010 Serving with Sudesh Mahto
Chief Minister	Shibu Soren
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	President's rule
Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
In office 1995 – 23 December 2019
Preceded by	Dinanath Pandey
Succeeded by	Saryu Rai
Constituency	Jamshedpur East
Personal details
Born	3 May 1955 Rajnandgaon, Madhya Pradesh, India (Now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Rukmini Devi[1]
Children	2
Residence	L6 / Main road, Agrico, Jamshedpur
Alma mater	Jamshedpur Co-operative College, Jamshedpur, Ranchi University[2]

A employee of Tata Steel, he served as the member of legislative assembly for five times, he was representing Jamshedpur East since 1995 to 2019. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister and the Urban Development Minister during the BJP-led government in the state. During internal emergency, he was sent behind the bars. He is the first chief minister of the state to have completed a full term.[5][2]

Early life

He was born on 3 May 1955 to Chavan Ram, a labourer with a steel company, and Sonbatti at Bhalubasa, Jamshedpur. He belongs to the Taili caste.[6] He passed matriculation from Bhalubasa Harijan High School, and completed B.Sc. from Jamshedpur Cooperative College. He also studied law from the same college and acquired LLB degree. After studies, he joined Tata Steel as a legal professional.[7] He is a former RSS functionary.[4]

Political career

Das was involved in politics since his college days. He participated in Jayprakash Narayan-led Total Revolution movement in the state. He was arrested and imprisoned in Gaya and was again imprisoned during the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi. Subsequently, Das joined the Janata Party in 1977.

Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a founding member in 1980. He participated in the first National Committee meeting of BJP in Mumbai in 1980. He was appointed as the chief of unit of Sitaramdera in Jamshedpur. Later he served as the city chief secretary and the vice president of Jamshedpur. BJP secretary and then became the vice president.

He was elected as the member of Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1995 from Jamshedpur East. He again won from the same constituency for five times. He was appointed as a chief of BJP in Jharkhand in 2004. The BJP won 30 seats in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, 2005. He also served as the Urban Development Minister during the NDA government in 2005 under Arjun Munda as the chief minister. He also led the 2009 Indian general election in the state. He held the office of Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand state from 30 December 2009 to 29 May 2010, when Shibu Soren was the chief minister.

He was also appointed as the vice president in the National Committee of BJP on 16 August 2014. He has shown assets to the tune of around Rs. 21 lakh. When BJP secured majority in 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, he became the sixth and the first non-tribal chief minister of the state on 28 December 2014.

In the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election elections held in December, BJP under his leadership managed to win only 25 seats out of 81 assembly seats against the JMM alliance and had to resign. He lost to Saryu Rai, an ex-leader of BJP, who was an independent candidate from the Jamshedpur east constituency with more than 15,000 votes.

Notes

1. He is the 6th person to serve as CM, while being the 10th CM.

References

1. Majumdar, Pinaki (3 December 2014). "Das hopes to be lucky again". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
2. "Raghubar Das(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- JAMSHEDPUR EAST(EAST SINGHBHUM ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
3. "Raghuvar Das: The rise of BJP's grassroot worker to Jharkhand CM nominee".
4. Sarkar, Debashish (23 December 2019). "First non-tribal Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das loses first election in 24 years; Saryu Roy wins from Jamshedpur East". Hindustan Times. Jamshedpur. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
5. "Raghubar Das Becomes the First Jharkhand CM to Complete Term in Office Since Formation of State". News18. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
6. "Raghubar Das Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". Elections in India. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
7. "Raghubar Das: Here's all you need to know about the first non-tribal CM of Jharkhand". Firstpost. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.

External links

• Raghubar Das affidavit