Addressing a press conference here, BJP MP Anurag Thakur said, "...If you look at the last 5 years of RJD-Congress-JMM government, the people of Jharkhand have got only 'love-jihad' and 'land jihad'...Instead of public welfare, 'jihad-kalyan' is going on here. Several examples of this are pr
"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
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).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday sharpened his attack on the JMM-led coalition, saying that Chief Minister Hemant Soren contests polls from a seat in the Santhal Pargana but people of the region are forced to migrate to other states for work due to lack of development.
The 43-year-old cricketer was accompanied by his wife, Sakshi. A voter turnout of 59.28 per cent was recorded till 3 pm in the first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly Elections, as per the Election Commission of India.
Naxalites had put up posters and attempted to disrupt polling activities in Sonapi, Jagannathpur, and Manoharpur Assembly Constituencies in the West Singhbhum District.
46.25 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm in the first phase of assembly polls in Jharkhand, as per the data of the Election Commission of India.
Odisha Governor and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, along with his family, cast their votes at a polling station in Jamshedpur on Wednesday.
As voting is underway for Jharkhand Assembly polls and by-elections for 31 assembly seats across 10 states, Congress leader Sachin Pilot expressed confidence that Congress would win all the seats in Rajasthan Assembly bypolls.