Jamshedpur: Newly elected BJP MLA from Ichagarh constituency in adjoining Seraikela-Kharswan district, Sadhu Charan Mahato today offered to vacate his seat if the central leadership would consider former Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda for the chief ministerial post.

"Mundaji had performed well even when the party formed the government in coalition. As the party has mustered absolute majority, I appeal to the the central leadership of the party to consider Munda as chief minister," Mahato, who is currently recuperating in a hospital here under police custody, told reporters.