The plot of former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi’s party Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) merger with BJP is final and is gaining pace day-by-day. After the dismissal of Mandar MLA Bandhu Tirkey from party, the JVM on Tuesday issued showcause notice to its other MLA Pradeep Yadav, who is legislator from Poraiyahat in Sathal Pargana.
Yadav has been issued show cause notice for his “anti party activities”.
The show cause notice has been served to Yadav by party’s general secretary Abhay Kumar Singh.
The single page notice issued by Singh mentions that for past few days Yadav has been giving statements, which is against party’s ideology. Yadav toeing the line of other opposition leaders against Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), and National Register of Citizens (NRC) too has been questioned by party high command.
Yadav’s visit to New Delhi where he had met Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi along with Bandhu Tirkey too has been found unsavory with JVM leadership.
A senior JVM leader requesting anonymity said, “The countdown for JVM’s merger with BJP is almost certain and final.
JVM chief Babulal Marandi is removing one by one leader who is opposed to merger plan.” Sources said that as JVM chief doesn’t want any legal wrath in JVM merger with BJP, he is moving slowly in the direction.
Sources said that Marandi became interested to join BJP after he came to know that two of these MLAs (Yadav and Tirkey) were planning to join Congress.
Both Yadav and Tirkey have openly opposed the merger of JVM with BJP. In the new working committee constituted by party last month Pradeep Yadav and Bandhu Tirkey found place in 151 member working committee, but they have been not assigned any important post such as vice presidents, principal general secretary or general secretaries. In the last dissolved working committee Pradeep Yadav the Poreyahat MLA was principal general secretary.
Yadav, not being assigned any important posts indicates growing differences between him and party chief Babulal Marandi. Both Pradeep Yadav and Babulal Marandi had RSS background. In 2000 when the separate State was carved out of Bihar with Babulal Marandi becoming first chief minister, Yadav was in Marandi’s Cabinet. Yadav, who has been representing Poreyahat for around two decades, left BJP in 2006 when Marandi formed his own party JVM (P).
Sources said that it will be win-win situation for both BJP and Marandi, as after the Assembly election debacle, BJP has been looking for a tribal face in Jharkhand with an appeal in Santhal region. Sources said that for Marandi too it will be rehabilitation for him as despite all efforts his party managed to win only three seats.
