Government and Politics
Arjun Munda of BJP is the 8th Chief minister of Jharkhand.
Jharkand is one of the thirteen states in which the Naxalite rebels have considerable influence.
On 5 March 2007, Sunil Mahato, a member of the national parliament was shot dead by Naxalite rebels while watching a football match on the Hindu festival of Holi near Kishanpur, some 160 km (99 mi) east of state capital, Ranchi.Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate Mrs Suman Mahato, wife of slain JMM MP Sunil Mahato, won the Jamshedpur Lok Sabha by-poll in Sep 2007. Mrs Mahato defeated her nearest rival Dr Dinesh Sarangi of the BJP by a margin of 58,816 votes.
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