The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has announced the first list which consists of 35 candidates for the assembly elections to be held in november. Among them key includes Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his wife, Kalpana Soren. Hemant Soren will contest from the Barhait constituency, while Kalpana Soren is to run from Gandey.
JMM Renominates Key Ministers and Leaders
From the total JMM has repeated 21 sitting legislators and list also includes five ministers. The chief minister's brother Basant Soren has been renominated from Dumka. Jagat Majhi and Alok Soren have also been nominated from Manoharpur and Shikaripara consituencies respectively. However, Dinesh William Marandi's Littipara seat is handed over to Hemlal Murmu. A second list of candidates for the party would be out soon as said by JMM General Secretary Vinod Pandey.
The JMM will contest the polls under the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, which comprises the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPI-ML). RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has announced that the alliance has decided on seat-sharing, and the JMM would contest on 41 seats while Congress on 30, RJD on 6 seats, and CPI(ML) on 4.
Voting to be Held in Two Phases
The elections for Jharkhand's 81-member assembly will take place in two phases-on 13 and 20 November. The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance had won 47 seats in the 2019 polls to form the present government. However, the BJP has reasons to expect winds of change at least as far as the Jharkhand state assembly goes following its recent electoral success in Haryana.
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