United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate, Shilpi Neha Tirkey won the Mandar State Assembly by-election and became the youngest MLA from the State. She defeated BJP candidate Gangotri Kujur by more than 23 thousand votes. Till the filing the report announcement has not been made yet.
Congress candidate Shilpi Tirkey got a total of 95062 votes. While BJP candidate Gangotri Kujur got 71 thousand 545 votes. On the other hand, AIMIM candidate Dev Kumar Dhan has been at number three with 22395 votes.
Shilpi Tirkey was consistently ahead from the beginning. She maintained an edge over BJP candidates from the first round till the last. There is an atmosphere of celebration in the party with the victory of the Congress candidate. The echo of fireworks and drums is being heard at the Congress State office. Congress leaders are expressing happiness by feeding each other sweets.
Congress party created history with the victory of Shilpa Tirkey. At present, the Congress party has become such a party in Jharkhand, which has the maximum number of women's representatives. At present, five women MLAs have reached the Jharkhand Assembly on Congress ticket. At present, Deepika Pandey Singh, Mamta Devi, Poornima Neeraj Singh and Amba Prasad are women MLAs from Congress. The number has gone up to five with Shilpi Tirkey. With this, the Congress has a total of 18 MLAs. At the same time, Geeta Koda has become an MP by winning on a Congress ticket.
After the victory, Shilpi Tirkey has become the youngest MLA of Jharkhand. Earlier, Congress MLA from Barkagaon, Amba Prasad was the youngest MLA. Prasad's age was 31 years at the time of 2019 elections. At the same time, Shilpi Tirkey is 29 years old.
After the victory, Shilpi Tirkey said, “I will take the fight that Baba has started from the road to the house. The people of Mandar proved by supporting that truth should not be supported by lies. He said that the opposition parties conspired to implicate Baba, to which the people of Mandar have given the answer. I will complete Baba's unfinished work on priority.”
Expressing happiness over UPA candidate victory, Chief Minister, Hemant Soren said that the people of Mandar have given the answer to BJP by giving blessings to Shilpi Neha Tirkey. “It is not possible to make statements just by being narcissistic. Work has to be done on the ground too. He said that BJP has suffered a fourth defeat by taking Mandar by-election, and the party should think about Babulal Marandi. Congress was confident that Shilpi Neha would win by about 20 thousand votes. Which the people of Mander have done, he added.
Congress Legislature Party Leader and Rural Works Department Minister, Alamgir Alam said that all the conspiracy of BJP has been destroyed by the people of Mandar. “Mandar's former MLA and working president Bandhu Tirkey was harassed under the conspiracy, which the public has shown the door to outside in Mandar. Opponents got a befitting reply,” he added.
Caption: Shilpi-Congress -1: Congress candidate Shilpi Neha Tirkey with her father Bandhu Tirkey flashes victory sign after winning the Mandar Assembly constituency by-election, in Ranchi on Sunday.
