Jharkhand Party
Jharkhand Party | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | JKP |
| Founder | Jaipal Singh Munda |
| Founded | 5 March 1949 |
| Dissolved | 20 June 1963 |
| Preceded by | Adivasi Mahasabha |
| Merged into | Indian National Congress |
| Headquarters | Ranchi, Jharkhand |
| Ideology | |
| Colours | Green |
| ECI Status | Registered |
| Number of states and union territories in government | Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal |
| Election symbol | |
| Website | |
| jharkhandparty | |
The Jharkhand Party (JKP) is one of the oldest political parties in India. formed on 5 March 1949 by Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda in Ranchi. The party grew out of the demand for a separate Jharkhand state.
The Jharkhand Party participated in the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections of 1952, 1957, and 1962. For more than 15 years, the Jharkhand Party was the only major opposition political party against the Indian National Congress in Bihar. In 1955, the Jharkhand Party submitted a memorandum for the creation of a separate state of Jharkhand to the States Reorganization Commission, but the state was not created for linguistic and economic reasons.