CPI parts ways with INDIA bloc in Jharkhand, to go solo in Lok Sabha polls
The Hindu
CPI parted ways with the opposition bloc INDIA, announcing that it will contest in eight of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections
The Communist Party of India (CPI) on March 10 parted ways with the opposition bloc INDIA, announcing that it will contest in eight of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections.
The CPI has no representation in the Lower House of Parliament from Jharkhand.
"We have decided to contest the Lok Sabha polls on our own," CPI State secretary Mahendra Pathak told PTI.
"The BJP has announced its candidates, but the Congress and the 'Mahagathbandhan' have not yet held any talks on seat-sharing. So, we have decided to go solo," he said.
The decision was taken at the party's State executive committee meeting here, he said.
The CPI will field its candidates in Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Chatra, Palamu, Giridih, Dumka and Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituencies.
Names of the candidates will be announced after March 16, Mr. Pathak said.
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