Background
Babulal was born in a remote Kodia Bank village under Tisri block of Giridih district of the now Jharkhand province.
politician member of the Lok Sabha
Babulal was born in a remote Kodia Bank village under Tisri block of Giridih district of the now Jharkhand province.
He was the Minister of State, Forests & Environment, Government of India in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. After passing high school, he moved to Giridih College from where he did his intermediate and graduation. lieutenant was there that he came in contact with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
He worked as a teacher in a village primary school for a year before giving up the job to work for the Sangh Parivar.
In 1983, he moved to Dumka and worked in the Santhal Parganas division, which he toured extensively. In those days, he used to live in the Royal Statistical Society, UK office in Dumka.
In 1991, the BJP gave him the ticket to contest from the Dumka (reserved) Lok Sabha seat, but he lost. In 1996, he lost to Shibu Soren by just 5,000 odd votes.
Marandi, a Santal, led the tally by defeating Jharkhand Mukti Morcha supremo Shibu Soren, another Santhal.
The victory gave an immense boost to Marandi"s profile and he was included in the Union Council of Ministers, one of four ministers from Bihar. First NDA rule of Jharkhand
After the bifurcation of Bihar in 2000, NDA came to power in Jharkhand with Marandi as the Chief Minister. Political analysts believe that this government kick started many developmental schemes in the state - the most visible being, improvement of the road network in the state.
He also put forward the idea to develop Greater Ranchi to reduce the crowding in city.
Thereafter, he increasing moved away from political mainstage of Jharkhand irrespective of NDA being in power in Ranchi. In the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, he contested from Koderma as a BJP candidate.
His differences with the state leadership continued to increase and he even started criticising the state government in public. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM)
He was followed by 5 MLAs of BJP. In the subsequent by-elections for the Koderma seat, he contested as an independent candidate and emerged victorious.
Marandi, who was the incumbent Member of Parliament from Koderma, contested the elections on JVM ticket in 2009 general election, and retained the seat.
The BJP, in the meantime, made him president of the party"s Jharkhand unit Marandi resigned from both Giridih Liberal Studies seat and the primary membership of BJP in 2006 and floated a new political outfit named Jharkhand Vikas Morcha. But in the Modi wave of 2014, Marandi"s party failed to win any seat in the state as BJP won 12 out of 14 seats.
From Koderma, BJP"s Ravindra Kumar Ray was elected to Lok Sabha.
He was the Member of Parliament from Koderma Lok Sabha constituency in 2009.