Prakash Ram
Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Latehar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
In office
2005–2009
Succeeded byBaidyanath Ram
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byBaidyanath Ram
ConstituencyLatehar
Personal details
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ResidenceBalumath
OccupationPolitician
As of 21 November, 2019

Prakash Ram is two time elected member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Latehar.[1][2]

2005 Jharkhand assembly election

Prakash Ram won the 2005 Jharkhand assembly election from Latehar constituency on the ticket of Rashtriya Janata Dal.

2009 Jharkhand assembly election

In 2009 he was defeated by BJP candidate Baidyanath Ram just on the margin of five hundred votes.[3]

2014 Jharkhand assembly election

In 2014 assembly election he contested on the ticket of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) from Latehar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and regained the mandate of people of constituency.

In 2018, Prakash Ram was suspended from his party because of cross-voting in Rajya Sabha poll. Party leader Babulal Marandi wrote a letter to election commission to nullify the vote of Prakash Ram as he has voted against the party.[4][5]

Before 2019 Jharkhand state assembly election he left Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) and joined Bharatiya Janata Party, contesting on the ticket of BJP from Latehar.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "MLA of Latehar List of the MLA of Latehar District". Brandbharat.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Prakash Ram(JVM(P)):Constituency- LATEHAR (SC)(LATEHAR ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". Myneta.info. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Latehar Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections.in. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rajya Sabha polls: Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik suspends legislator Prakash Ram over cross-voting". The New Indian Express.
  5. ↑ "Rajya Sabha Election 2018: क्रॉस वोटिंग पर प्रकाश राम जेवीएम से निलंबित". News18 India. 23 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "भाजपा में शामिल हुए झाविमो विधायक प्रकाश राम, सीएम की उपस्थिति में ग्रहण की सदस्‍यता". Dainik Bhaskar. 5 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "झाविमो अध्यक्ष बाबूलाल मरांडी को बड़ा झटका, विधायक प्रकाश राम भाजपा में हुए शामिल". punjabkesari. 5 October 2019.
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