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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Babulal.jpg
| name = Babulal Marandi
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|01|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Giridih district|Giridih]], [[Bihar]]<br />(now in [[Jharkhand]]), India
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| residence = [[Ranchi]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition<br />in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor = [[Hemant Soren]]
| term_start = {{Start date|2020|02|24|df=yes}}
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Hemant Soren]]
| order1 = 1st
| office1 = Chief Minister of Jharkhand
| predecessor1 = Office established
| successor1 = [[Arjun Munda]]
| governor1 = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Prabhat Kumar]]|[[V. C. Pande]]|[[Rama Jois]]}}
| term_start1 = {{Start date|2000|11|15|df=yes}}
| term_end1 = {{End date|2003|03|17|df=yes}}
| office2 = President of [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]
| term_start2 = {{Start date|2006|09|df=yes}}
| term_end2 = {{End date|2020|02|df=yes}}
| predecessor2 = Office established
| successor2 = Office abolished
| office3 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Jharkhand]]
| term_start3 = {{Start date|2019||}}
| term_end3 =
| constituency3 = [[Dhanwar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhanwar]]
| predecessor3 = [[Raj Kumar Yadav]]
| constituency4 = [[Ramgarh (Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramgarh]]
| term_start4 = {{Start date|2001||}}
| term_end4 = {{End date|2004||}}
| successor4 = [[Chandra Prakash Choudhary]]
| office5 = [[Ministry of Environment and Forests|Minister of state for Environment and Forests]]
| primeminister5 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| term_start5 = 19 March 1998
| term_end5 = 7 November 2000
| office7 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency7 = [[Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kodarma]]
| term_start7 = {{Start date|2004||}}
| term_end7 = {{End date|2014||}}
| predecessor7 = [[Tilakdhari Singh]]
| successor7 = [[Ravindra Kumar Ray]]
| constituency8 = [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]]
| term_start8 = {{Start date|1998||}}
| term_end8 = {{End date|2002||}}
| predecessor8 = [[Shibu Soren]]
| successor8 = Shibu Soren
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />(till 2006), (2020 {{endash}} present)
| otherparty = [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]<br />(2006 {{endash}} 2020)
| spouse = [[Shanti Murmu]]
| alma_mater = [[Ranchi University]]
| children = 2
| website = {{Url|http://babulalmarandi.com|Official website}}
| footnotes =
| source = [https://web.archive.org/web/20060615194333/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=244]
}}

'''Babulal Marandi''' ({{IPA-hi|Bābulāl maraṇḍi}}; born 11 January 1958) is an Indian politician of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). He was the first [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand]] and current [[Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]].<ref name="rediff">{{Cite web|title=rediff.com Special: Profile of Babu Lal Marandi|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/14babu.htm|access-date=2021-05-03|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> He was the founder and national President of [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]. He was the Member of Parliament in 12th, 13th 14th and 15th Lok Sabha from [[Jharkhand]]. He was the Union State Minister (MoS) for Forests & Environment of India in the BJP – led [[National Democratic Alliance]] Government in 1998 to 2000.

== Early life ==

Babulal was born in a remote Kodia Bandh village under [[Tisri block]] of [[Giridih district]] of the now [[Jharkhand]] province. He belongs to [[Santal]] family.<ref name=rediff/> After passing high school, he moved to Giridih College from where he did his intermediate and graduation. It was there that he came in contact with the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].<ref name="rediff" />

Later, he moved to Ranchi where he did his post-graduation in Geography from [[Ranchi University]].<ref name="rediff" /> He worked as a teacher in a village primary school for a year before giving up the job to work for the [[Sangh Parivar]]. He served as the organising secretary of the Jharkhand region of [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]].<ref name="rediff" />

In 1983, he moved to [[Dumka]] and worked in the [[Santhal Pargana division]], which he toured extensively. Where he came close to [[Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya]], his the then companion and there he used to spend some time at his Jamtara Residence but mainly he used to live in the RSS office in Dumka. And after that his journey to Ranchi and then Delhi began.<ref name=rediff/>

==Political career==

In 1991, the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] gave him the ticket to contest from the [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)]], but he lost. In 1996, he lost to [[Shibu Soren]] by just 5,000 odd votes. The BJP, in the meantime, made him president of the party's Jharkhand unit.<ref name=rediff/>

It was under Marandi's leadership that the party won 12 out of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand region in the 1998 election. Marandi, a [[Santhals|Santal]], led the tally by defeating [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] leader [[Shibu Soren]], another Santhal.<ref name=rediff/>

The victory gave an immense boost to Marandi's profile and he was included in the Union Council of Ministers, one of four ministers from [[Bihar]].<ref name=rediff/>

===First NDA rule of Jharkhand===

After bifurcation of Bihar in 2000 in states of Bihar and Jharkhand, [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] came to power in [[Jharkhand]] with Marandi as the 1st [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand]]. Political analysts believe that this government initiated many developmental schemes in the state, the most visible being, improvement of the road network in the state.

He also put forward the idea to develop [[Greater Ranchi]] to reduce the crowding in the city. However, Marandi's tenure proved rather short-lived, as he had to resign and make way for [[Arjun Munda]] for the post in 2003 following pressure exerted by coalition allies primarily [[Janata Dal United]].

Thereafter, he increasing moved away from political mainstage of Jharkhand irrespective of NDA being in power in [[Ranchi]]. In the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, he contested from [[Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency]] as a BJP candidate. He won the seat while all the other sitting MPs of NDA from Jharkhand including union ministers [[Yashwant Sinha]] and [[Reeta Verma]] lost their respective seats. His differences with the state leadership continued to increase and he even started criticising the state government in public.

===Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM)===

Marandi resigned from both the Kodarma seat and the primary membership of the BJP in 2006 and floated a new political outfit named [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha]]. He was followed by 5 MLAs of the BJP. In the subsequent by-elections for the Kodarma seat, he contested as an independent candidate and emerged victoriously.

Marandi, who was the incumbent MP from Kodarma, contested the elections on Jharkhand Vikas Morcha ticket in the 2009 general election, and retained the seat. But in the [[Narendra Modi]] wave of 2014, Marandi's party failed to win any seat in the state as BJP won 12 out of 14 seats; from Koderma, BJP's [[Ravindra Kumar Ray]] was elected to Lok Sabha.

In February 2020, he merged JVM into BJP.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How BJP succeeded in ghar wapasi of Babulal Marandi|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/news-analysis/story/how-bjp-succeeded-in-ghar-wapasi-of-babulal-marandi-1647517-2020-02-18|access-date=2021-07-18|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

===Bharatiya Janata Party===

Marandi merged [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]] with the BJP on February 17, 2020, at Jagannathpur Maidan, [[Ranchi]] in presence of Union Home Minister [[Amit Shah]], BJP president [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]] and former Chief Ministers of Jharkhand [[Arjun Munda]] and [[Raghubar Das]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=As Babulal Marandi goes back to BJP, his JVM-P MLAs join Congress |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/as-babulal-marandi-goes-back-to-bjp-his-jvm-p-mlas-join-congress/554654 |website=www.timesnownews.com |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Merger of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), a recognized State Party in the State of Jharkhand with the Bharatiya Janata Party|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/11945-merger-of-jharkhand-vikas-morcha-prajatantrik-a-recognized-state-party-in-the-state-of-jharkhand-with-the-bharatiya-janata-party/
|publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jharkhand-vikas-morcha-prajatantrik-to-merge-with-bjp-on-february-17-babulal-marandi-2178497|title=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha Prajatantrik To Merge With BJP On February 17: Babulal Marandi|website=ndtv|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/babulal-marandi-announces-merger-of-jvmp-and-bjp-with-immediate-effect/article30792674.ece|title=Babulal Marandi announces merger of JVM(P) and BJP on Feb. 17|website=thehindu|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2020/jan/19/jharkhand-vikas-morcha-pleases-bjp-keeps-out-rebel-mlas-from-panel-2091343.html|title=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha pleases BJP, keeps out rebel MLAs from panel|website=newindianexpress|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Babulal Marandi is married to Shanti Murmu.<ref name="rediff" /> His younger son Anup Marandi was killed in a [[Naxalite|Naxal]] attack at Chilkhari village in [[Jharkhand]]'s [[Giridih district]] on 27 October 2007.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Former-Jharkhand-CM-Marandi-on-their-hitlist,-Naxals-kill-son,-17-more/233264/ Former Jharkhand CM Marandi on their hitlist, Naxals kill son, 17 more]</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{URL|1=http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/homepage.asp?mpsno=244|2=Parliamentary website}}

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