Ranchi, Oct 30 (PTI) Former Jharkhand legislator Uma Shankar Akela rejoined the Congress on Thursday.

Akela joined the party in the presence of Jharkhand Congress president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh and other senior leaders, including legislature party leader Pradeep Yadav, at the party headquarters in Ranchi.

“It is a good occasion for all of us that our former party member has made a ‘ghar-wapsi’. We welcome him to the party. The party will get strength in North Chotanagpur after his joining,” Kamlesh said. Show Full Article

Akela had won the 2019 Jharkhand assembly polls on a Congress ticket from the Barhi constituency. But, the party allegedly denied him a ticket in the 2024 Jharkhand assembly polls.

He, then, joined the Samajwadi party ahead of the assembly polls. Akela contested from

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