"We will make government under Hemant Soren": RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav

Patna (Bihar) [India], November 14 (ANI): After the end of Phase 1 of the Jharkhand elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader (RJD) Tejaswi Yadav expressed confidence and said that the government in the state would be formed under the leadership of Hemant Soren.
"They (BJP) are losing the Jharkhand elections. We will make the government under the leadership of Hemant Soren..", Yadav said while speaking to ANI.
Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister and BJP Jharkhand co-in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma hit out at the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in the state saying that the Chief Minister Hemant Soren-led party wanted to keep state in the clutches of poverty.
The State BJP incharge also said that the election manifesto of the BJP was prepared after months of extensive deliberations and that there would be no financial issues since the state is blessed with natural resources.
"Our election manifesto wasn't created in haste. We spent 4-5 months consulting with the people of Jharkhand and studying the governance models of BJP-led states before drafting it. Funding will not be an issue for us in Jharkhand, as the state is rich in natural resources. While the JMM aims to keep Jharkhand trapped in poverty, we believe the state has the potential to become the most prosperous in the country," Sarma told the media.
The first phase of Jharkhand's assembly elections, which kickstarted on Wednesday, recorded 64.86 per cent voter turnout at 5 pm across the 43 assembly constituencies, surpassing 63.9 per cent voting in the 2019 assembly elections, said the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The BJP-led NDA is aiming to unseat the JMM-led coalition, with key candidates such as CM Hemant Soren, former CM Champai Soren, JMM leader Mahua Maji and Congress leader Ajoy Kumar in the fray.
Elections on the remaining 38 seats will be conducted on November 20. The counting of the votes will take place on November 23. (ANI)