Ganesh Ganjhu

Ganesh Ganjhu was the member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Simaria.^[1][2] In the 2014 general election, he was elected as MLA of Simaria as Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) candidate. In February 2015, he switched sides and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party with other five MLA's including Randhir Kumar Singh, Amar Kumar Bauri, Janki Prasad Yadav, Alok Kumar Chourasia and Navin Jaiswal from JVM(P).^[3][4][5][6]

Ganesh Ganjhu
Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta
Succeeded by	Kishun Kumar Das
Constituency	Simaria
Personal details
Born	Lutto, Chatra
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Parent	Panchu Ganjhu (father)
Relatives	Brajesh Ganjhu (brother)
Residence(s)	Simaria, Chatra, Jharkhand
Occupation	Agriculturist, Social worker, Politician
As of 22 August 2019

Early life and family

Ganesh Ganjhu was born in Lutto village of Chatra district. He is son of Panchu Ganjhu.^[7] His brother Brajesh Ganjhu is supremo of banned Maoist organisation Tritiya Prastuti Committee(TPC).^[8]

Career

He is an agriculturist and a social worker.^[7] In 2009 he contested election in the ticket of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), but lost. Then he joined Bharatiya Janata Party but could not get ticket to contest election. Then again in 2014, he joined JVM, contested election from Simaria and won. Then again in 2015, he switched to BJP.^[8][9]