According to sources, Sarfaraz Ahmed from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and businessman Harihar Mahapatra from BJP have purchased receipt forms as candidates for Rajya Sabha elections.
In Jharkhand, the tenure of Rajya Sabha members of Congress’s Dheeraj Sahu and BJP’s Sameer Oraon is coming to an end. Regarding this, Rajya Sabha elections are to be held on 21st March and the last date for nomination for this is 11th March. Meanwhile, news is coming that Mumbai businessman Harihar Mahapatra can be the Rajya Sabha candidate from Jharkhand on behalf of BJP.
According to sources, Sarfaraz Ahmed from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and businessman Harihar Mahapatra from BJP have purchased receipt forms as candidates for Rajya Sabha elections. Let us tell you, Sarfaraz Ahmed had resigned from his Gandey assembly seat on 31 December 2023. At the same time, businessman Harihar Mahapatra had given new life to the airline SpiceJet which was facing financial difficulties by investing Rs 1100 crore. Earlier in the year 2016 also, Mahapatra had contested the Rajya Sabha elections but he lost the election to Congress Party’s Rajya Sabha candidate Kapil Sibal.
Let us tell you that Harihar Mahapatra and his wife Preeti Mahapatra are the promoters of Mumbai-based Mahapatra Universal Limited Company. According to the information given on the website of this company, Harihar Mahapatra has more than 16 years of business experience. He has studied MBA. His company Mahapatra Universal Limited does many types of businesses like infrastructure, consultancy, consumer, real estate and retail.
Preeti Mahapatra is very fond of politics. In the year 2016, he had also contested the Rajya Sabha elections with the support of BJP and challenged Kapil Sibal of Congress. Although she lost in this election. While disclosing her net worth in the election affidavit, Preeti had confessed to having assets worth Rs 23 crore. Besides, he also has a liability of Rs 6 crore. He was discussed a lot because of the elections.
