"This is what is parivarvaad": BJP criticizes JMM list of candidates for Jharkhand polls

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 23 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo hit out at Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Wednesday, calling it a party of 'parivarvaad' (dynastic politics) after they had released its first list of 35 candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections.
As per the list, Chief Minister Hemant Soren will contest from the Barhait Assembly constituency while his wife Kalpana Soren will contest from the Gandey seat.
CM Soren's younger brother, Basant is contesting from the Dumka seat.
Calling the list a 'dance of 'dynasty' the BJP spokesperson told ANI, "This is what is 'parivarvaad'. This is the dance of dynasty. We have also come to know that three members of the 'family' have been given tickets so far and one more member is in queue. When 3-4 members of the same family contest elections, they are candidates for posts from CM to ministers to MLAs - this is the dance of dynasty."
The BJP spokesperson further expressed that the JMM government will ousted from the state this time.
"Did they not have workers, that he (CM Hemant Soren) had to field his brother, his wife and another relative? I think they have sensed people's mood this time. People are going to oust them this time. I don't think Hemant Soren government is going to return to power this time," he added.
JMM party leader Manoj Pandey rubbished the BJP's charge and called the party's list a 'balanced list'.
"This is a balanced list. This was finalized after a lot of discussions and deliberations. I think all of them have the capability to win. JMM's strike rate this time will be 90%. We will certainly win 90% of the seats this time, if you add alliance numbers to that, we will have more than 60 of our MLAs this time," he told ANI.
The state's assembly polls will be held in two phases on November 13 and November 20 and the votes will be counter on November 23.
Moreover, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) released a list of six candidates, in alliance with Congress and JMM.
Earlier, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, accompanied by Jharkhand Congress in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir announced that the JMM and the Congress would share 70 seats between them, and the RJD and Left parties would split the remaining 11. (ANI)