Jairam Mahto, a newcomer to politics, keenly watched by all
Jairam Mahto are quick to show a video on their mobile phones. 'Tiger Jairam Mahto', as they call him, is addressing a rally in rain in Dumri addressing a thin crowd.
«He speaks for us and that's why people listen to him even if it is raining,» Hikim Mahto, a farmer in Jojodih village of Tamar assembly constituency, told ET.
Jairam Mahto, a 30-year-old who belonged to a village in Dhanbad district, was first noticed in January 2022, when he started the Jharkhand language movement against the government decision to notify Bhojpuri and Magahi as regional languages in the state. He started a movement for Jharkhand language and rights of the people of the state and became popular in Dhanbad and nearby areas.
In the recent general election, he formed the Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM) party and contested eight Lok Sabha seats out of 15 in the state. Mahto himself got more than 300,000 votes in Giridih and was leading in two assembly segments despite finishing third.
«In all eight seats we got around nine lakh votes. This was just the beginning, and our presence will be visible in the assembly election,» Mahto told ET.
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