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.
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.
Ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in Jharkhand Congress state in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir said that the seat-sharing agreement with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and participation of the Congress in the upcoming elections would be finalised by Saturday or Sunday.
Union Minister and BJP's election in-charge for Jharkhand, Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed his pleasure over the seat-sharing agreement in the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand and said that NDA would form the government in the state.
Former BJP MLA from Jamua in Jharkhand, Kedar Hajra and former vice president of All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) and ex-MLA from Chandankyari Umakant Rajak joined the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Friday ahead of the upcoming polls in Jharkhand.
"BJP has got a lot of time to make Jharkhand...For 17-18 years or even more, they were in power. Yet they did not do anything for the people here," Maji said.
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.
The BJP leader Pratul Shahdeo speaking to ANI on Tuesday said that the Hemant Soren led JMM government is most corrupt in history of country and excuded confidence of BJP win in upcoming State Assembly election.
Speaking to ANI, BJP leader Pratul Shah Deo said, "We are fully prepared as the elections here were due and Assembly's term was ending on January 5, so the elections had to be held before that. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has panicked so much that it officially posted that it is a murder of democ
Ahead of today's announcement of the Jharkhand Assembly elections, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Tuesday voiced concerns that the Election Commission is not acting independently and is under pressure from the BJP
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Maji criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that the party had ignored the women of Jharkhand.
Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Hemant Soren on Wednesday said that he will never support Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 in the parliament, as per the press release from All India Muslim Personal Law Board