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.
Union Minister and BJP's election in-charge for Jharkhand, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said on Friday that his party will only take a sigh of relief after ending the misrule of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Congress.
According to the current agreement, AJSU will contest on 10 seats, JDU on 2 seats and LJP will contest the lone seat of Chatra, and BJP will contest on remaining seats.
Bihar Congress president Akhilesh Prasad Singh has expressed confidence that the Opposition INDIA alliance will win the upcoming Assembly elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra.
Jharkhand is set to vote in two phases in assembly polls to be held on November 13 and 20 while Maharashtra will go in for a single-phase election on November 20, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday.
Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Tuesday evening that the INDIA alliance will strive to win all the elections and said their effort will be to defeat the Bharatiya Janta Party in Jharkhand again.
Following the announcement of election dates for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls on Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya welcomed the decision of the Election Commission and said that the lotus would bloom in both states after the conclusion of the p