CHATRA: Dynasty politics may have gained acceptability in India despite the negative buzz around it, but a Jharkhand minister’s son has no desire to tread that path. He is all set to take up a peon’s job at Chatra civil courtdespite his father’s vehement opposition.
Mukesh Kumar (28), son of RJD MLA and labour & employment minister Satyanand Bhokta, is not willing to become his political heirand says there’s no way he will allow his father to dissuade him from joining.
“There is nothing wrong in taking up a peon’s job. Once the date for joining is notified, I will take up the job,” Mukesh said. An arts graduate, Mukesh said he and his cousin Ramdev Bhokta had applied for the job and appeared for an interview. While Mukesh found his name among the 19 successful candidates, Ramdev was placed on the waiting list.
Mukesh said his father might be in politics, but that doesn’t mean he, too, will walk the same path. “People of Chatra elected him and now he is a minister. I will work as per my capabilities,” Mukesh told TOI.
The father and son, as per sources, can’t see eye to eye. Their relationship took a beating when Mukesh was asked to marry a SC girl a few years ago, which was seen as a move to save the Chatra seat, which is reserved for SCs, for Satyanand, who belongs to the tribal community.
Mukesh said he was not ready to take any questions about his family and his father. The minister, too, did not take phone calls. Mukesh’s decision to work as a grade IV employee might be an act of defiance. However, among Satyanand’s four sons, only the eldest one, Binod, is in active politics. The two others have also not taken the political plunge so far.
Satyanand Bhokta was in BJP and quit the party in 2014 after being denied a poll ticket. In 2019, RJD fielded him from Chatra and he only won, but was also made a minister in the Hemant Soren government.
Mukesh Kumar (28), son of RJD MLA and labour & employment minister Satyanand Bhokta, is not willing to become his political heirand says there’s no way he will allow his father to dissuade him from joining.
“There is nothing wrong in taking up a peon’s job. Once the date for joining is notified, I will take up the job,” Mukesh said. An arts graduate, Mukesh said he and his cousin Ramdev Bhokta had applied for the job and appeared for an interview. While Mukesh found his name among the 19 successful candidates, Ramdev was placed on the waiting list.
Mukesh said his father might be in politics, but that doesn’t mean he, too, will walk the same path. “People of Chatra elected him and now he is a minister. I will work as per my capabilities,” Mukesh told TOI.
The father and son, as per sources, can’t see eye to eye. Their relationship took a beating when Mukesh was asked to marry a SC girl a few years ago, which was seen as a move to save the Chatra seat, which is reserved for SCs, for Satyanand, who belongs to the tribal community.
Mukesh said he was not ready to take any questions about his family and his father. The minister, too, did not take phone calls. Mukesh’s decision to work as a grade IV employee might be an act of defiance. However, among Satyanand’s four sons, only the eldest one, Binod, is in active politics. The two others have also not taken the political plunge so far.
Satyanand Bhokta was in BJP and quit the party in 2014 after being denied a poll ticket. In 2019, RJD fielded him from Chatra and he only won, but was also made a minister in the Hemant Soren government.