Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav arrived in Ranchi on Friday to discuss seat-sharing for state elections with INDIA bloc leaders ahead of the Assembly polls in Jharkhand state.
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.
Aam Aadmi Party is unlikely to contest Jharkhand and Maharashtra assembly polls as the party wants to focus on Delhi elections rather than creating confusion in the minds of voters in two states that could lead to splitting anti-BJP votes.
He further emphasized that the BJP has done the development and welfare work in Maharashtra and in both Maharashtra and Jharkhand, the party will form the government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening arrived at BJP headquarters in National Delhi to chair the Bharatiya Janata Party's Central Election Committee meeting on Jharkhand elections going to polls in two phases.
Following the announcement of the election schedule for Jharkhand, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday expressed confidence in winning the upcoming elections in Jharkhand and said that the land of tribals which has been taken by Muslims will be given back to the tribals.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central Election Committee meeting will discuss the names of candidates for the Jharkhand assembly polls to take place on October 15 on Tuesday evening at the BJP National Headquarters in National Capital.
Earlier today, Union Minister and BJP incharge for the state, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that they will implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state as Chief Minister Hemant Soren-led state government is favouring infiltrators.
On September 29, Chirag Paswan, announced that his party would contest the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections, with talks underway within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
This comes after Assam Chief Minister and BJP's election co-incharge in Jharkhand Himanta Biswa Sarma said that in the assembly polls, the BJP will ally with Janata Dal (united) and AJSU party.
"What is the reason that a person from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha becomes the Chief Minister, faces corruption charges, and ends up in jail? He comes out and roams among the people as a martyr. Is going to jail on corruption charges a big sacrifice?" Rajnath Singh said.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and BJP leader Champai Soren on Wednesday said that the Maha Parivartan rally is a sign that the BJP is going to win in the upcoming Jharkhand elections and will form the government.