Jharkhand Assembly Election Result 2024: Young and dynamic Congress leader Deepika Pandey Singh defeated Ashok Kumar from Mahagama seat, after a spectacular victory, demand arose to make Deepika the Deputy CM
The result of Mahagama assembly seat of Godda district has come. Deepika Pandey Singh of Congress has won from Mahagama assembly seat. Deepika Pandey Singh has defeated Ashok Kumar of BJP by about 18194 votes. The difference of victory and defeat between Deepika Pandey Singh and Ashok Kumar was quite big.
Who is Deepika Pandey
Deepika Pandey Singh was born in a political family in Ranchi. Her mother Pratibha Pandey was also active in politics. Pratibha has been the state president of the women’s wing of Congress. Born on 22 June 1976, Deepika did her early education from Ranchi. From here, she got a BSc degree from St. Xavier’s College in 1994-97. After doing MBA, she also completed LLB from Jamshedpur.
Deepika is married to Ratnesh Kumar Singh, son of four-time MLA Awadh Bihari Singh from Mahagama. Awadh Bihari has been the former Rural Development Minister of the undivided Bihar government. Deepika started her political career from the youth wing of Congress. She was also elected as the General Secretary in Jharkhand Youth Congress. Later, she was included in the National Committee as the National Secretary of Youth Congress. After the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, she was made the District President of Godda District Congress Committee. Then in 2018, she was made the National Secretary of Mahila Congress.
In the 2019 elections, Deepika defeated BJP’s strong leader Ashok Bhagat on the Mahagama assembly seat. She won by a margin of more than 12 thousand votes and achieved the distinction of becoming an MLA for the first time. Later in July, when Hemant Soren took oath as the Chief Minister for the third time, Deepika, MLA from Mahagama, was made a minister. She became the first woman leader to become a minister from Santhal Pargana. Deepika Pandey is also counted among the close associates of Congress veteran Rahul Gandhi. Deepika also played an important role in making Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Jharkhand a success.
Deepika Pandey, who was the co-incharge of Uttarakhand Congress
Congress had sent Deepika Pandey to Uttarakhand as the state co-incharge. She was given a big responsibility by the Congress in the last assembly elections held in Uttarakhand. Deepika stayed in Uttarakhand for many days during the elections, but after the defeat in the Uttarakhand assembly elections, Congress leader Deepika Pandey Singh resigned from the post of National Secretary, Co-incharge of the party and taking responsibility for the defeat, she said that I have resigned from the post of National Secretary, Co-incharge of Uttarakhand. She expressed gratitude to the Congress high command for giving her the opportunity to serve the party.
Mahagama assembly seat and Deepika
This time the contest in Mahagama was very interesting. BJP’s Ashok Kumar was in the electoral fray from here and Deepika Pandey Singh contested the election on behalf of Congress. Let us tell you that Mahagama assembly constituency is a part of Godda district as well as Godda Lok Sabha constituency. From the beginning, this area has been considered a stronghold of BJP. In the 2005 elections, BJP’s Ashok Kumar won from here. He defeated RJD’s Ataur Rahman Siddiqui and became MLA. In the 2009 elections, Congress won this seat. Congress leader Rajesh Ranjan defeated BJP’s then MLA Ashok Kumar and became MLA, but in the 2014 elections, BJP’s Ashok Kumar made a comeback by winning the election. And now since 2019, Congress’s Deepika Pandey Singh is winning from here and increasing the Congress’s tally by 1 seat every time. After Deepika’s second spectacular victory, the people of the area are now demanding to give Deepika the responsibility as a female Deputy Chief Minister. And a section of Congress leaders is also trying hard to make Deepika the Deputy CM.
