Assam Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) co-in-charge for Jharkhand Assembly elections Himanta Biswa Sarma spoke about BJP leader Satyanand Jha filing his nomination as an independent candidate for the upcoming assembly polls.
Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja slammed Congress for not taking into confidence the ally parties in INDIA block over seat sharing and said that instead of questioning the BJP, Congress should question itself.
Elections for 81 seats in the Jharkhand Assembly will be conducted in two phases on November 13 and November 20, with the counting of votes scheduled for November 23.
The electoral battle in Deoghar, often referred to as "Baba Nagri", has emerged as a key battleground in the Jharkhand Assembly election, with the contest between BJP's incumbent MLA Narayan Das and Rashtriya Janata Dal's three term Ex MLA Suresh Paswan.
Chaibasa, a Scheduled Tribe-reserved seat, will see a contest between BJP's Geeta Balmuchu and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) incumbent MLA Deepak Birua.
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo launched a scathing attack on Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on Wednesday, claiming that the 'Soren dynasty' will be finished in the upcoming Jharkhand elections.
During the review meeting, CEC expressed his concern that politically motivated crimes vitiate the electoral atmosphere and disturb the level playing field.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren criticised the BJP on Monday for allegedly encouraging and widening division in society and failing to support marginalised groups.
He said that when he contested as an independent in 2019, he was able to defeat former CM Raghubar Das, and this time for him it is a 'small minister who is facing corruption charges.'
Assam Chief Minister and co incharge of the Jharkhand Assembly elections Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday lashed out at Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for not taking action against Irfan Ansari over his derogatory comments on his sister-in-law Sita Soren.