Anant Kumar Ojha Explained

Anant Kumar Ojha is an Indian politician and currently MLA from Rajmahal Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jharkhand after winning the seat in the 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly elections securing over 77,000 votes. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] He completed his graduation from Graduate Arts Sahebganj College, Sahebganj S.K.M. University, Dumka in 1995. There's no criminal case registered against him.[2]

Following the assembly election of 2014, Ojha was one of the candidates for the post of next Chief Minister.[3] [4] [5] Ojha is a former president of BJYM (Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha).[3] On 7 November, Ojha was appointed general secretary of the Jharkhand BJP.[6] [7] He is also a member of the Jharkhand Academic Council,[8] working to develop Rajmahal as the tourist destination of the country.

Major works

Ojha played a vital role in the inauguration of a bridge over Ganga in Sahebganj District.[9] [10] He has an opinion that once the port is developed, big vessels will arrive for Cargo transport from countries like Bangladesh, Thailand, Burma and Indonesia; at the same time, road & railway infrastructure would further help in carriage to all parts of India. According to him, citing old scriptures, Sahebganj district has served as a port in history when oil used to come from Burma to India and India in return used to export hot spices to other countries.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anant Kumar Ojha Won . . 2014 . 28 November 2016.
  2. Web site: Anant Kumar Ojha(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)): Constituency – Rajmahal (Sahebganj) – Affidavit Information of Candidate. ADR.
  3. Web site: Will Narendra Modi do a Khattar in Jharkhand?. 29 November 2016.
  4. Web site: Big question mark over who will be next chief minister. 29 November 2016.
  5. Web site: BJP observers in state capital, all eyes on Raghuvar Das. 29 November 2016.
  6. Web site: State BJP panel named. https://web.archive.org/web/20161117121056/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161108/jsp/jharkhand/story_117905.jsp. dead. 17 November 2016. 29 November 2016.
  7. Web site: झारखंड भाजपा के प्रदेश कार्यसमिति की घोषणा. 29 November 2016.
  8. Web site: About – Jharkhand Academic Council. 29 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161129210247/http://jac.jharkhand.gov.in/about/. 29 November 2016. dead.
  9. Web site: CM writes to PM on Ganga bridge. https://web.archive.org/web/20150711003729/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150403/jsp/jharkhand/story_12340.jsp. dead. 11 July 2015. 29 November 2016.
  10. Web site: 'Bridge to put Santhal division on world map' – Times of India. . 29 November 2016.
  11. Web site: Sahebganj to become economic gateway of Jharkhand. Times of India. 29 November 2016.
  12. News: Projects may revive trade route. 21 May 2016. The Times of India. 23 June 2019.