Babulal Marandi

Babulal Marandi
Leader of the BJP Legislatury Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
In office
24 February 2020 - 16 October 2023
Chief MinisterHemant Soren
Preceded byRaghubar Das
Succeeded byAmar Kumar Bauri
1st Chief Minister of Jharkhand
In office
15 November 2000 (2000-11-15) – 17 March 2003 (2003-03-17)
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byArjun Munda
President of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
In office
September 2006 (2006-09) – February 2020 (2020-02)
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2019 (2019)
Preceded byRaj Kumar Yadav
ConstituencyDhanwar
In office
2001 (2001)–2004 (2004)
Succeeded byChandra Prakash Choudhary
ConstituencyRamgarh
Minister of state for Environment and Forests
In office
19 March 1998 – 7 November 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
MinisterT. R. Baalu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2004 (2004)–2014 (2014)
Preceded byTilakdhari Singh
Succeeded byRavindra Kumar Ray
ConstituencyKodarma
In office
1998 (1998)–2002 (2002)
Preceded byShibu Soren
Succeeded byShibu Soren
ConstituencyDumka
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand
Assumed office
4 July 2023
Preceded byDeepak Prakash
Personal details
Born (1958-01-11) 11 January 1958 (age 66)
Giridih, Bihar
(now in Jharkhand), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(till 2006), (2020 – present)
Other political
affiliations		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
(2006 – 2020)
SpouseShanti Murmu
Children2
ResidenceRanchi
Alma materRanchi University
WebsiteOfficial website
Source: [[1]]

Babulal Marandi (Hindi pronunciation: [Bābulāl maraṇḍi]; born 11 January 1958) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and it's Jharkhand unit president. He was the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand and formerly Leader of the Legislature Party of BJP in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.[1] He was also the founder and national President of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), which he later merged with BJP. He was the Member of Parliament in 12th, 13th 14th and 15th Lok Sabha from Jharkhand. He was the Union State Minister (MoS) for Forests & Environment of India in the BJP – led National Democratic Alliance Government in 1998 to 2000. He was appointed as Jharkhand BJP president on 04 July 2023.[2]

  1. ^ "rediff.com Special: Profile of Babu Lal Marandi". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ "BJP reshuffle: Kishan Reddy is new Telangana BJP chief, Babulal Marandi in Jharkhand". Hindustan Times. 4 July 2023. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.