Tala Marandi appointed BJP Chief in Jharkhand

The BJP has appointed Tala Marandi as President of its Jharkhand unit. State party spokesman Pradip Sinha said in Ranchi that Mr Marandi replaces Ravindra Kumar Ray, who is also a Lok Sabha MP. Mr Marandi's appointment is aimed at striking a balance in the tribal state by



making a member of the community as its party chief after it had made a non-tribal, Raghubar Das as Chief Minister. BJP has reached out to the Scheduled Tribes by appointing Mr Marandi as its state chief. Mr Marandi is a two-time MLA from Borio constituency.