Overview
- Party election officer Jual Oram said only one nomination was filed for state president, with the formal declaration scheduled for January 14 at 2 pm at Carnival Hall in Ranchi.
- Twenty-one nominations were submitted for BJP National Council membership from Jharkhand, including senior leaders such as Arjun Munda, Raghubar Das, Madhu Kora, Champai Soren and Union minister Annapurna Devi.
- Aditya Sahu, a Rajya Sabha MP and the party’s working president since October 3, rose from booth-level work through organisational roles across the state.
- Outgoing state president Babulal Marandi’s three-year term has concluded, and he will continue as Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly.
- The unopposed path reflects a consensus backed by state and central leadership as the organisational exercise moves from lower-tier polls to state-level appointments.