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Jamshedpur, March 28 : The probable Congress candidate Geeta Koda from Singhbhum Lok Sabha seat went on meeting spree on Thursday connecting to the party cadres in her constituency.
Koda, who is also a legislator from Jagannathpur assembly constituency in West Singhbhum, addressed a series of meetings with her party cardre at Goelkera in West Singhbhum. The parliamentary election is scheduled to be held there on May 12.
“I am really happy to be connected with party workers. I am holding meetings with the cadres of Jai Bharat Samanta Party as well as the Congress at the village level. I want to understand issues concerning our party workers of Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency,” said the Jagannathpur legislator.
Geeta, when questioned said her visit has revamped the spirit of the cadres and I am thrilled to see the reponse.
” We are holding meetings at grass root level. It is an important step as the cadres will reach out to the voters spreading party�s vision for the area,” said the legislator. She, however, prompted to add that her formal campaigning will begin only after she gets officially declared as the Congress candidate for the Singhbhum seat.
Wife of former chief minister Madhu Koda, Geeta (35) had successfully contested the 2009 assembly elections on the ticket of Jai Bharat Samanta Party from Jagannathpur. She retained her legislature post of the Jagannathpur assembly seat in November 2014 also on the ticket of Jai Bharat Samanta Party.
Incidentally, Geeta joined Congress earlier this year. In 2014, BJP candidate from Singhbhum seat Laxan Gilua had defeated his rival and Jai Bharat Samanta Party (JBSP) candidate Geeta Koda by a margin of 87476 votes.
Gilua had maintained a steady lead in five of the six assembly segments in the Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency. The JBSP had succeeded to have a mariginal lead over Gilua only in Majhgaon assembly segment in each round till the 10 round. The other five assembly segments where Gilua continued to register his lead were Chaibasa, Jagannathpur, Seraiklea, Chakradharpur and Manoharpur. There were in all 12 candidates in the fray for Singhbhum Lok Sabha seat in 2014 which has 9,57.406 voters.
Though she could not win the Singhbhum seat, but she had made a dent in the parliamentary election as she had succeeded to garner over 2,500 votes over Gilua in five out of the six assembly segments of the Singhbhum seat.
