Brahmanand Mandal

He led an agitation against Taufir Kand in which nine persons were killed and four hundred houses were burnt in 1986, and succeeded in convicting the guilty through a special court.

He formed Jagriti and agitated for the construction of a rail cum road bridge over the River Ganga in Munger.

In 1994 he and his followers went on a hunger strike for the demand of a rail cum road bridge over the River Ganga in Munger.

Chairman of Planning Commission Sri Pranav Mukherjee gave the assurance of the construction of the bridge.

The Election Commission of India decided that the merger was not technically complete and so a faction was allowed to function under the Samata Party name.