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In the recent byelection, he lost to JMM’s Seema Devi, whose husband Amit Kumar had won the seat in 2014. He said, “If the NDA had fielded a common candidate, the results would have been different. He also blamed BJP’s “high-handedness and big brotherly attitude” for AJSU-P’s twin defeats.Commenting on the functioning of the government, Sudesh said major decisions are taken without considering the ground situation. “This has made the government more unpopular,” he added. KOLKATA: Former Jharkhand deputy chief minister Sudesh Mahto has blamed the Raghubar Das government’s land policies for the defeat of his party, AJSU-P, in Silli and Gomia assembly seats in the recent bypolls AJSU-P is a constituent of the state’s ruling BJP-led alliance.Sudesh, who is president of AJSU-P, had earlier represented Silli in the assembly for three terms till 2014..