Former Jharkhand legislator Arvind Kumar Singh has joined the BJP. The three-time former MLA from Ichagarh constituency was welcomed into the BJP by party State president Babulal Marandi at a function in Chandil in Seraikela-Kharswan district on February 14.
Mr. Singh first won the seat as an Independent candidate in 1995, and was re-elected in 2000 on a BJP ticket. However, he parted ways with the saffron party and joined the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), which was then led by Mr. Marandi and again won from the constituency in 2009.