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.
Prominent names in the list includes State Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon and senior party leader Ajoy Kumar and Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta.
The assembly polls in Jharkhand will be held in two phases on November 13 and November 20 while the polls in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on November 20.
BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari claimed that there is a "massive anti-incumbency" against the Jharkhand government led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Sunday criticized the "unilateral decision" of the Congress-JMM alliance to offer very few seats to RJD for the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly election.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) State President Sanjay Singh Yadav on Sunday expressed displeasure over the seat-sharing arrangement for the Jharkhand assembly polls, stating that their party was not receiving appropriate representation.
Launching a scathing attack against the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jharkhand president and party's candidate from Dhanwar constituency Babulal Marandi said that they (JMM) have only looted the state's resources in the last five years. They have not spared anything a
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MP Mahua Maji hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing it of indulging in 'divisive politics' and poaching leaders from other parties.
As the Jharkhand polls nearer, BJP national spokesperson CR Kesavan on Saturday labelled the JMM-Congress alliance in the state a 'citadel of corruption'.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday announced that INDIA bloc will contest the Jharkhand Assembly polls together and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress will contest 70 of 81 seats in the state assembly.
The 81-seat Jharkhand Assembly is going to elections November 13 and 20 while Maharashtra will go in for a single-phase election on November 20, the ECI said.