There came a time in the politics of Jharkhand province, when the first Prime Minister of the country was shaken. He had to send his political secretary PR Chakraborty to Dhanbad to contest the elections. This was the time when those contesting elections were respected. Respectable people used to come forward to contest elections.
Kripa Shankar Chatterjee became MLA from Nirsa of Dhanbad thrice.
BollywoodWallah (prabhatkhabar.com) Senior journalist Sanjeev Jha Kripa Shankar Chatterjee, three-time MLA of Nirsa, said these things in a special conversation with . Kripa Shankar Chatterjee was elected MLA twice on MAS ticket. Once he reached Bihar Assembly by getting elected on Congress ticket. He told us the story of many elections in 1952 and thereafter. In this he told what kind of people used to come into politics and contest elections at that time.
Kripa Shankar Chatterjee became MLA on MASS and Congress tickets.
Kripa Shankar Chatterjee, District President of Congress, leader of labor union and General Secretary of Bihar Pradesh Congress, says that earlier such people used to contest elections, whom people respected wholeheartedly. Such people also dreamed of contesting elections. He told that in the first Lok Sabha elections in 1952, people like Prabhat Chandra Bose won the elections and became MPs.
DVC built 4 dams, Jawahar Lal Nehru was shaken by the protest
He also told about the situation that arose after Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) built 4 dams simultaneously. He told that when a large number of people became homeless due to the construction of 4 dams including Maithon, Konar and Panchet. After displacement, SRC (State Re-Organization Commission) constituted Fajar Ali Commission, Panikkar Commission, Binju Commission. Nehru ji was shaken by this. Only after this, Pandit Nehru sent his political secretary PR Chakraborty to Dhanbad to contest the elections.
There was no awareness about voting in villages
In our times there was not much awareness in the villages. Language and dialect were a big hurdle during elections. Even today, Khatian is written in different languages in Santal Pargana and Dhanbad. The people here spoke Bengali and also spoke Khortha. He told that when the states were divided, there were a large number of Bengali speaking people who moved to Purulia.
Akbar gave a big estate in Jharkhand to Veer Man Singh
He told that today many people do not know that Manbhum was even a district. but it was. He told that during the reign of Emperor Akbar, Veer Man Singh had got a large land in the form of Jagir. Veerbhum, Manbhum and Singhbhum were named after him. These three areas originated from Raja Veer Man Singh. Veer to Veerbhoom, Maan to Manbhoom and Singh to Singhbhoom.
Queen Lalita Rajlakshmi of Ramgarh had contested elections from Dhanbad.
He told that after PR Chakraborty, Queen Lalita Rajlakshmi of Ramgarh contested the Lok Sabha elections from Dhanbad. She contested the elections on BKT ticket. During this time local politics started. The kings of Jharia and Katras took charge of the election campaign for the Maharani of Ramgarh. Lalita Rajalakshmi had contested the election against Pran Prasad.
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