Prabhakar said that he had learned a lot from PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief and Home Minister Amit Shah but in Jharkhand, the BJP needs to introspect
Ranchi: In Jharkhand, two days after 13 seats will be voting in the first face of the election, the principal spokesman and a leading light of the statehood demand, Praveen Prabhakar, on Sunday, resigned from the party. He will now contest the Assembly elections from Nala on an NPP ticket.
Prabhakar associated with the BJP for the past five years had been among the founding members of the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), which fought the 2014 Assembly election in alliance with the BJP but is contesting separately this time. He was said to be dissatisfied with the ticket distribution in the state by the party.
Prabhakar said that he had learned a lot from PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief and Home Minister Amit Shah but in Jharkhand, the BJP needs to introspect.
He joined the National Peoples’ Party, headed by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, at its national convention at the Constitution Club here on Sunday, and was named its candidate from Nala, which will go to polls in the five phases.
Shillong MP and former Union Minister Agatha Sangma, Meghalaya Home Minister James Sangma and NPP’s Jharkand chief Raj Kumar Poddar were also present at the program.
The NPP was recently recognized as a national political party by the Election Commission, making it one of the eight to enjoy this status.
Speaking on the occasion, Conrad Sangma recalled his father and former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma had set up the party in 2013 and his dream was that it not remained confined to the northeast but spread to other states across India as a national party to help the deprived.
Speaking about Prabhakar’s joining his party, Sangma said that he would help the NPP increase its footprint in Jharkhand and other states and thus “all would together help achieve the late Sangma’s dream”.
Prabhakar said that he does not have any personal grievance with the BJP but it needs to do some soul-searching in his state. Extolling the leadership of Modi and Amit Shah, he said that under them, “the nation was progressing on all fronts, but in Jharkhand, the aspirations of the people were being constantly snuffed. I dedicated all I had for the creation of Jharkhand as a separate state and will continue to fight all my life for its development. I have full faith that I will get the assistance and guidance of NPP leaders in this endeavor…”.
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