Bastar’s Dimrapal village and, in 1976, Profiles that could swing the polls started work on educating girls, when Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo This tribal leader, ’s first CM, Chirag the literacy rate of the region was only started his political career with the The 28-year-old is a one per cent. Through 37 residential The son of Lok Janshakti (JMM), but voter sympathy for being abducted and rare candidate, schools across the district, the ashram Party chief Ram Vilas defected to the BJP and became a Union held hostage by Naxals in 2012 courted by both has educated nearly 20,000 girls. Paswan, he wanted to minister. After a long stint with the BJP, the and Political parties have been trying to be an actor. When his he floated his own party, the Jharkhand An eight-time MP from the BJP. Scion of a convince him to canvass for them. But debut film bombed at Vikas Morcha. He is contesting against Koraput, this Congress Pradeep Majhi family that holds Saini has turned down all such requests the box office, he turned leader looked invincible A Congress MP from Nabarangpur, he was the key to election of the JMM from to politics. He is trying his till of Biju spotted by Rahul Gandhi at a Youth outcomes in the 12 luck from Jamui but his lack of (BJD) Congress event in Bhubaneswar. Known seats of the region, the 23nd Raja of JHARKHAND Shibu Soren, experience and the disenchantment dislodged him in 2009. for his proximity to Gandhi, Majhi has Bastar holds a double masters degree, of minorities with his party could With Pangi opting out, asked 501 questions in two years as an MP including one in political science, from The father-son duo has immense derail his plans Gamang’s chances have the London School of Economics. The The BJP’s tribal clout over the state’s 26 per cent improved BJP succeeded in convincing him to join face, the three- tribal population. The Dumka and the party just before the November time CM of constituencies are their Nikhil Kumar A towering BJP leader from Sundarg- Assembly elections Jharkhand has strongholds. The senior Soren is a Son of former and veteran arh in western Odisha, he was elected been a member revered figure among his tribe and Congress leader from Aurangabad, On the face of it, this young BJD MLA from to the 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabhas. of Parliament a household name. Hemant is the Satyendra Narayan Singh, Kumar Laxmipur () cannot match Though Oram lost the seat to Congress Dharampal Saini and is at present current Jharkhand CM and known entered the Indian Police Service (IPS) in Gamang’s stature. Named for the Koraput rival Hemanand Biswal in 2009, the This Padma Shri awardee, in his 70s, leader of the opposition for his unorthodox style of 1963 and retired as the director-general seat by the BJD, he can stage an upset on BJP has fielded him again established the Mata Rukmini Ashram in in the Assembly functioning of the National Security Guard in 2001