Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee

Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress, working in the state of Jharkhand. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. The current president of the JPCC is Keshav Mahto Kamlesh. Committee has been active in the state's politics since the formation of the state in 2000.

Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee
President	Keshav Mahto Kamlesh
Chairman	Pradeep Yadav
Founded	15 November 2000
Headquarters	Swami Shraddhanand Marg, Ranchi-834001, Jharkhand
Youth wing	Jharkhand Youth Congress
Women's wing	Jharkhand Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Populism Social liberalism Democratic socialism Social democracy Secularism
ECI Status	A State Unit of Indian National Congress
Alliance	Mahagathbandhan
Seats in Lok Sabha	2 / 14
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 6
Seats in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly	16 / 81
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Its head office is situated at Swami Shraddhanand Marg, Ranchi. Rajesh Thakur is the current president of JPCC.^[1][2] JPCC also has 3 working President Bandhu Tirkey, Jaleshwar Mahato, Shahzada Anwar.

Structure and Composition

S.No.	Name	Designation	Incharge
01	Keshav Mahto Kamlesh	President	Jharkhand Pradesh Congress
02	Bandhu Tirkey	Working President	Jharkhand Pradesh Congress
03	Jaleshwar Mahato	Working President	Jharkhand Pradesh Congress
04	Sahazada Anwar	Working President	Jharkhand Pradesh Congress

Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
2005	Sukhdeo Bhagat	9 / 81	New	Opposition
2009	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu	14 / 81	5	Government, later opposition
2014	Alamgir Alam	6 / 81	8	Opposition
2019	Rameshwar Oraon	16 / 81	10	Government
2024	Keshav Mahto Kamlesh	16 / 81		Government

Lok Sabha election

Year	Seats won	+/-	Outcome
2004	6 / 14	New	Government
2009	1 / 14	5	Government
2014	0 / 14	1	Opposition
2019	1 / 14	1	Opposition
2024	2 / 14	1	Opposition

List of union ministers

Cabinet ministers

No.	Portrait	Minister	Portfolio	Term in Office			Constituency (House)	Prime Minister
				Assumed Office	Left Office	Time in Office
1		Subodh Kant Sahay (born 1951)	Minister of Food Processing Industries	28 May 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 236 days	Ranchi (Lok Sabha)	Manmohan Singh
			Minister of Tourism	19 January 2011	27 October 2012	1 year, 282 days

Minister of State (Independent charge)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Portfolio	Term in Office			Constituency (House)	Prime Minister
				Assumed Office	Left Office	Time in Office
1		Subodh Kant Sahay (born 1951)	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Food Processing Industries	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Ranchi (Lok Sabha)	Manmohan Singh

List of deputy chief ministers

No	Name	Constituency	Term			Assembly	Chief Minister
1	Stephen Marandi (born 1953)	Dumka	27 August 2008	18 January 2009	144 days	2nd	Shibu Soren

List of leaders of the opposition

No	Portrait	Name	Term			Assembly
1		Rajendra Prasad Singh	7 January 2010	18 January 2013	3 years, 11 days	2nd

List of presidents

S.No	President	Portrait	Term
1.	Indra Nath Bhagat		2000	December 2001
2.	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu (Acting President)		December 2001	June 2003
3.	Thomas Hansda		June 2003	2004
4.	Sushila Kerketta		2004	2005
(2).	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu		2005	2013
5.	Sukhdeo Bhagat		2013	2017
6.	Ajoy Kumar		2017	2019
7.	Rameshwar Oraon		2019	2021
8.	Rajesh Thakur		2021	16 August 2024
9.	Keshav Mahto Kamlesh		16 August 2024	Incumbent

List of MPs

Members of Parliament, Lok Sabha

S.No	MPs	Constituency	Term
1.	Furqan Ansari	Godda	2004–2009
2	Chandra Shekhar Dubey	Dhanbad	2004–2009
3	Subodh Kant Sahay	Ranchi	2004–2009
			2009–2014
4	Bagun Sumbrai	Singhbhum	2004–2009
5	Sushila Kerketta	Khunti	2004–2009
6	Rameshwar Oraon	Lohardaga	2004–2009
7	Geeta Koda	Singhbhum	2019-2024
8	Kali Charan Munda	Khunti	2024–Incumbent
9	Sukhdeo Bhagat	Lohardaga	2024–Incumbent

Members of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

S.No	Members of Parliament	Term
		Term Start	Term End
1	Ram Kumar Anand	03 April 2000	02 April 2006
2	Mabel Rebello	03 April 2006	02 April 2012
3	Dhiraj Prasad Sahu	24 June 2009	07 July 2010
		08 July 2010	07 July 2016
		04 May 2018	03 May 2024
4	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu	04 May 2012	03 May 2018

See also

• Indian National Congress
• Congress Working Committee
• All India Congress Committee
• Pradesh Congress Committee