Bandhu Tirkey is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Mandar Assembly constituency representing Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) in 2019.
Babulal Marandi expelled his party MLAs Pradeep Yadav and Tirkey from the party for anti-party activities. Both of them later joined Indian National Congress in its Delhi headquarters as Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) party was merged with Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2][3]
On 28 March 2022 Bandhu was convicted and sentenced to 3-year jail term related to corruption charges.[4]
In April 2022, he was disqualified from the 5th Jharkhand Assembly after the conviction by the CBI court on disproportionate assets case.[5]
References
- ^ "Merger of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), a recognized State Party in the State of Jharkhand with the Bharatiya Janata Party". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Jharkhand Vikas Morcha Prajatantrik To Merge With BJP On February 17: Babulal Marandi". ndtv. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Babulal Marandi announces merger of JVM(P) and BJP on Feb. 17". The Hindu. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "CBI court awards three years imprisonment to Jharkhand MLA Bandhu Tirkey in graft case". The New Indian Express. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Speaker passes disqualification order of MLA Bandhu Tirkey". The Pioneer. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
