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.
Ahead of the Jharkhand Assembly polls, Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri hit out at the JMM government in Jharkhand and alleged that Chief Minister Hemant Soren had forgotten the employment promises to the students and there were irregularities in recruitment exams.
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.
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.
As the polling date draws near for Jharkhand assembly elections, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha released the list of its star campaigners for the upcoming polls with Party President Shibu Soren leading the campaign.