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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at Congress for what he called "dangerous intentions" regarding reservations for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) during a campaign rally in Sarath.
Addressing a public rally at Deoghar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the biggest worry in the state was that of the Bangladeshi infiltrators and the need to protect the tribal families was at the top.
Naxalites had put up posters and attempted to disrupt polling activities in Sonapi, Jagannathpur, and Manoharpur Assembly Constituencies in the West Singhbhum District.
Meanwhile, Geeta Koda, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Jagannathpur said that people in rural areas too were expressing their faith towards BJP.
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.