The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has sought a meeting with President Droupadi Murmu to submit a representation about “some important issues” that the party wants to take up before the general election.

JMM general secretary Vinod Kumar Pandey, in a letter addressed to the secretary of the President, has informed that a 50-member delegation comprising JMM MPs, ministers and MLAs from Jharkhand and senior party office bearers were “keen to meet” the President to submit the representation.

The letter, written on March 4 but shared with the media on Thursday, also mentioned those important issues would be like “Sarna code, SC/ST and OBC reservation and 1932 local policy of Jharkhand”.

Earlier, the Hemant Soren government had pursued the same issues but could not introduce them as those faced some hurdles.

The state government then wanted the Sarna code to be introduced in the religious column of the census form that has provision for followers of six religions — Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain.

While the tribals held rallies demanding the introduction of the Sarna code, Hemant had also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to introduce the Sarna code in September last year.

Similarly, the Hemant government also passed a bill for increasing the total reservation quota for SC, ST and OBCs to 77 per cent. It also passed the bill that made khatian (the land records) of 1932 the basis for determining the locals of the state. But the then-governor returned both bills last year, suggesting modifications.