Sukhdeo Bhagat | |
Office: | President, Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee |
Term Start: | May 2013 |
Term End: | November 2017 |
Successor: | Ajoy Kumar |
Office1: | MLA |
Constituency1: | Lohardaga |
Term Start1: | 2014 |
Term End1: | 2019 |
Successor1: | Rameshwar Oraon |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Sukhdeo Bhagat was the Jharkhand Congress president and MLA in the Jharkhand representing Lohardaga constituency in Lohardaga district. He joined the BJP in 2019 and lost to Congress candidate Rameshwar Oraon in the Jharkhand assembly polls 2019.[1] [2] On 30 January 2022, Bhagat rejoined Congress.[3]
Sukhdeo Bhagat won the Lohardaga seat, defeating BJP-backed All Jharkhand Students Union's (AJSU) candidate Niru Bhagat.[2] [4] He was appointed Jharkhand Congress president in May 2013.[1]