Ranchi: With only weeks to go before the assembly elections in Jharkhand, the seats to be contested by INDIA alliance candidates has been decided. Jharkhand Mukti Morch (JMM) chief cum Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that 70 of the total 81 assembly seats will be contested by both the JMM and Congress while the other party will be contested by other alliance partners RJD and the Left parties.
Soon the Congress in charge of Jharkhand Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Soren disclosed details of election aliation seat sharing formula at a joint press conference. But he was unable to come that how many seats JMM and Congress would contest, this detail he said, would be shared after further negotiations. Also noteworthy no RJD or the Left was present when the announcement was made.
The narrative should of the paper include: Current Interactions with Alliance Partners
Soren even said that further negotiation is still going on with the allies, especially the RJD and the CPI(ML) as to the distribution of seats between JMM and Congress candidates in various constituencies. “The distribution of how many seats between Congress and JMM will aggressively contest will be decided in subsequent meetings,” said Soren pointing out while there are issues on how to implement the alliance there is no problem on the part of commitment.
Polling and Results Schedule
The polls in Jharkhand will be conducted in two batches for 15 and 20 November with the result likely to be released on 23 November. The incumbent NDA partnership headed by the BJP has previously sealeddeal on sharing seats. The BJP is to fight on 68 seats of the Assembly, AJSU (All Jharkhand Students Union) on 10 seats, JD(U) on 2 seats and LJP (Ram Vilas) has got one seat.
Hemant Soren is sure of another term in office
Earlier on Friday, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said his government would return to power again. In response to that, Soren highlighted the strides his administration has taken in supporting the tribal people, the poor and the neglected in the society. The JMM is not merely a party, it is like a banyan tree where almost three crore people of Jharkhand sleep happily and in obedience, he declared.
A Look Back at 2019 Elections
In the 2019 assembly elections, JMM had fielded candidates for 43 seats while Congress only in 31 seats. JMM bagged more seats with 30 and congress with 16. Out of the total 7 seats they contested for, the RJD has only one seat which is not a good sign for the party in Bihar.
Based on this new alliance approach, the INDIA bloc wants to cement its hold on the Jharkhand market and replicate the tactical cooperation that was first implemented in 2019 but with better performance from all the players in the partnership.