In the presence of Chief Minister Raghuvar Das and BJP state in-charge and senior BJP leader from Bihar Nandkishore Yadav, Former Congress state president and MLA from Lohardaga, Sukhdev Bhagat, Congress MLA from Barhi,  Manoj Yadav,  JMM MLA from Bahragoda, Kunal Sarangi, JMM MLA from Mandu, Jai Prakash Bhai Patel and former cabinet minister of state and youth front Yaksha Bhanu Pratap Shahi joined the BJP in a program organized at the state BJP office here today.

Former Director General of Police Dinesh Kumar Pandey, former senior administrative officer Suchitra Sinha, senior Congress leader and former police officer Arun Oraon, another senior Congress leader Bajrangi Yadav and RP Sinha also joined the BJP today. In the program, where Chief Minister Raghuvar Das claimed that people of different parties are getting attracted to BJP due to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP National President Amit Shah and due to BJP's policies, opposition parties of the state Congress and JMM Has described it as an opportunity for leaders.

Both opposition parties have claimed that they will not suffer any loss due to their leaders joining the BJP. It is noteworthy that in the year 2014, only a few months after the assembly elections in December, 6 of the 8 MLAs of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha changed to join the BJP. In the current 81-member state assembly, there were 19 MLAs of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and 9 MLAs of Congress. After today's events, their number has come down to 17 and 7 respectively.