Raghuvar Das’s resignation from the post of Governor of Odisha has come as a surprise to BJP leaders. After the resignation of Raghuvar Das, the discussion about his return to active politics has also intensified. In an official statement from the Raj Bhavan, Das cited personal reasons for stepping down, a day after Mizoram Governor Kambhampati Hari Babu was announced as his replacement as part of the reshuffle of governor posts by the Centre. A release issued from Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday said that Das’s resignation has been accepted by President Draupadi Murmu.
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It was expected for a long time that he would return to active politics after resigning from the post of Governor of Odisha. There was speculation about this even before the Jharkhand elections. However, this did not happen. Earlier on September 11, Das had changed the color of the profile picture of Odisha Governor Raghunar Das on X and Facebook, which once again intensified speculations about his return to Jharkhand politics.
Interestingly, Das had changed the frame of his profile picture on the social media platform to green and saffron for some time, but as soon as it went viral on social media, it was replaced with the earlier picture. It was widely believed in political circles that Das might contest from his old seat Jamshedpur East in the recently held assembly elections, but due to some unknown reasons the idea was shelved and his daughter-in-law was fielded from there. stripped down.
Sources close to Das claimed that continuing in the post of governor is not in line with Das’s political career. He said he expressed his desire to step down and return to active politics. However, there is still ambiguity about what role he will be given by the BJP leadership. There is speculation that he may return to the Jharkhand BJP to rejuvenate the state unit, which has been struggling since its humiliating defeat in the assembly elections.
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Raghubar Das was appointed the Governor of Odisha on October 18, 2023, following the BJP’s defeat in the 2019 Jharkhand Assembly elections. That defeat was largely attributed to discontent among tribal voters, allegedly caused by the Das-led government’s move to amend the CNT/SPT Acts. The BJP’s move to send Das to Odisha was seen as an attempt to give a free hand to Babulal Marandi in Jharkhand after Marandi merged his party, JVM, with the BJP in 2020. Despite these efforts, Marandi was unable to wrest power from the JMM-led alliance in the 2024 elections.