Chicago – October 19, 2024
On Saturday, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that the INDIA bloc partners will contest the upcoming assembly polls together, and the Congress and the JMM will field candidates in 70 of 81 seats.
He said seat-sharing talks are being held with alliance partners — the RJD and the Left parties — for the remaining 11 seats.
The assembly polls for 81 seats will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, and counting will occur on November 23.
“INDIA bloc will contest the Jharkhand assembly polls together. During the seat-sharing talks with the allies, it was decided that Congress and the JMM would field candidates in 70 of 81 seats,” Soren said after meeting with the alliance partners here.
He said the decision was made after consultations with allies and candidates and would be announced soon.
