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After Kalpana Soren, now Arjun Munda's wife may enter Jharkhand poll fray

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October 12, 2024

AMID the ongoing preparations over the upcoming Assembly polls, Jharkhand may see another tribal woman in active politics. Former Union Minister Arjun Munda is reluctant to contest Assembly polls this time and wants his wife Meera Munda to replace him on his traditional seat, Kharsawan, where she has been quite active politically from quite some time.

- MUKESH RANJAN

After Kalpana Soren, now Arjun Munda's wife may enter Jharkhand poll fray

According to the people close to Arjun Munda, he has conveyed his feelings to the party leadership giving his wife's name as an alternative.

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