Assam Chief Minister and co incharge of the Jharkhand Assembly elections Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday lashed out at Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for not taking action against Irfan Ansari over his derogatory comments on his sister-in-law Sita Soren.
The battle of Koyalanchal, specifically Jharia, has emerged as a key battleground in the Jharkhand Assembly election, with the contest between Congress sitting MLA Purnima Neeraj Singh against her sister-in-law and BJP leader Ragini Singh.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has given the Election Commission consent to use his photo for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections, confirmed Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar.
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's plea seeking a stay of conviction in the coal block allocation irregularities case so that he can contest the upcoming assembly election in the state.
The CPI(M) candidates will contest the elections in nine constituencies including Tamar, Baharagora, Mandar, Jama, Pakur, Jamtara, Mahespur, Sisai, and Chatra.
The Supreme Court will hear on Friday former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's plea to stay his conviction in an alleged coal scam case to enable him to contest the upcoming assembly elections.
Kalpana Soren, the JMM leader and wife of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, filed her nomination as her party candidate from Gandey Assembly constituency on Thursday.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Rajya Sabha MP and JMM candidate from Ranchi Mahua Maji expressed confidence that people would elect her in the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly Elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo hit out at Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Wednesday, calling it a party of 'parivaard' (dynastic politics) after they had released its first list of 35 candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections.
CPI state secretary Mahendra Pathak released the list of candidates after being disappointed over the current seat-sharing arrangement of the INDIA bloc and said that the party would field candidates on a total of 15 seats for the Jharkhand assembly polls.
Congress candidate from Jamshedpur East, Ajoy Kumar, has said that improving educational facilities in the constituency will be one of his priorities if he wins the election.