Louis Marandi Explained

Louis Marandi
Birth Place:Dumka, India
Office:Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Termstart:2024
Predecessor:Sita Soren
Constituency:Jama
Term Start1:December 2014
Term End1:December 2019
Predecessor1:Hemant Soren
Successor1:Hemant Soren
Constituency1:Dumka
Office2:Minister for Minority Welfare, Social Welfare and Women & Child Development
Government of Jharkhand
Term Start2:28 December 2014
Term End2:23 December 2019
Nationality:Indian
Spouse:Brentius Kisku
Party:Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Children:2
Residence:Dumka, Jharkhand
Alma Mater:Ranchi University
Occupation:Politician

Louis Marandi is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. She is currently serving as member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Jama as a member of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.

She resigned from Bharatiya Janata Party on 21st Oct, 2024 to join Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.[1] She was a cabinet minister in the Government of Jharkhand with portfolio like Welfare including Minority Welfare, Social Welfare, Women and Child Development.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

She had taken various important roles for Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party. As President of Women wing of Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party earlier, she was also member of Jharkhand Women's Commission.

She has lectured at various colleges of Jharkhand in Santali subject. She was Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Dumka assembly in 2009 assembly election of Jharkhand. She was defeated by Chief Minister of Jharkhand and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Supremo Shibu Soren's son Hemant Soren by about 3000 votes.

One of the biggest roles she played was as National Secretary of BJP in the year 2012 in the team of Rajnath Singh. In the parliamentary election of June 2014, she played a vital role to win 12 seats from Jharkhand out of 14, though she couldn't manage her ticket from Dumka seat in that election due to internal politics of BJP.

In 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, she defeated Chief Minister of Jharkhand and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Supremo Shibu Soren's son Hemant Soren by 5262 votes and became one of powerful leaders of Jharkhand politics. Now she is a cabinet minister of BJP led Jharkhand government. She represents Santal Pargana in Jharkhand government.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 Several BJP leaders, including three ex-MLAs, join JMM ahead of polls . 2024-10-22 . Deccan Herald . en.
  2. Web site: Council of Ministers . 1 January 2015 . 1 January 2015 . https://archive.today/20150101174746/http://prdjharkhand.in/ministers.php . dead .
  3. http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/louis-marandi-visits-tri.html LOUIS MARANDI VISITS TRI
  4. http://myneta.info/jharkhand2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=1063 My Neta
  5. http://scroll.in/article/808771/why-theres-a-storm-brewing-in-jharkhand-over-who-gets-to-be-called-a-resident Why there’s a storm brewing in Jharkhand over who gets to be called a resident
  6. News: Louis Marandi: Lone Christian in saffron club . 24 December 2014 . The Times of India . Sandeep . Mishra . 23 June 2019 .
  7. Web site: Govt serious on minority affairs: Louis Marandi . 4 June 2016 . 10 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160910084529/http://www.avenuemail.in/ranchi/govt-serious-minority-affairs-louis-marandi/70747/ . dead .
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807040340/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120903/jsp/jharkhand/story_15929880.jsp#.V1LexZF97IU BJP barb at Santhal Pargana leaders