Former Cabinet Minister Saryu Roy – the man who defeated former Chief Minister Raghubar Das in Jamshedpur East and played a pivotal role in toppling the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government here – has founded a non-political organization, Bharatiya Jan Morcha (BJM) in order to identify and address the problems faced by commoners in his constituency.

It is, however, unclear whether Roy will seek registration of the organization as a political party under Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, or stick to his current stand of running it as an independent, non-political, welfare organization.

“It will be too early to comment on whether the organization will have any influence on politics,” said Roy, adding that anything was possible in active politics – possibly a hint that the organization may get involved in politics later.

Roy told media persons in Jamshedpur that the organization will work at booth level in four Assembly constituencies – Jamshedpur East, Jamshedpur West, Jugsalai and Potka. The organization, he said, will appoint conveners, co-conveners and booth level workers for bringing the problems of the grass root to the concerned authorities.

Known for his upright image and the ability to spot lacunae in the system, Roy had severed ties with the BJP after the party did not give him a ticket from Jamshedpur West before the elections last year. He decided to challenge then CM Raghubar Das in the latter’s stronghold, Jamshedpur East and ended up defeating him against all odds with an unexpectedly high margin of over 16,000 votes. After winning the election, Roy had told The Pioneer that he will wage war against all corrupt forces and unravel the corrupt practices of the former Governments here.

The organisation, sources said, could be helpful in identifying the loopholes in the former Government here.

Roy is not the first BJP veteran to have left the party and formed a fresh organization. Jharkhand’s first Chief Minister Babulal Marandi too had left the BJP and formed Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) after conflict of interest with the then BJP leadership. “The purpose of this organization is to serve the people. It will spot micro issues from Jamshedpur and address them,” said Roy.

Former BJP leader Ram Narayan Sharma was made the district convener of BJM while Mukul Mishra and Ajay Kumar Sinha were made convener for Jamshedpur West and Jamshedpur East, respectively. Roy said that he has spoken to officials of local urban bodies, drinking water and sanitation department and the administration to spot the irregularities and address them.