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Raghubar Das and the art of the possible

The CM has been able to keep turmoil at bay during his two years in office even

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R Krishna Das
The Jharkhand chief minister’s official residence, a sprawling bungalow on Kanke Road in capital city Ranchi, has “vaastu dosh” (astrological defect of architecture). Astrologers attribute it to the state’s “addiction” to unstable rule.

When Raghubar Das entered the bungalow as the sixth chief minister of the 16-year-old state about two years ago, political pundits predicted that he, too, would not continue for long. On December 28, he completed two years in office in a state that has seen six chief ministers since it was bifurcated from Bihar in November 2000.

Although party colleague Arjun Munda holds the record for occupying the office
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