JMM founder’s daughter-in-law Sita Murmu Soren gets place in BJP’s first list
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BJP releases first list of Jharkhand Assembly candidates, including key leaders and women candidates, ahead of elections.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday (October 19, 2024) evening released the first list of candidates for Jharkhand Assembly elections. The names of 66 candidates were announced by the party’s central election committee.
BJP State unit president Babulal Marandi has retained his seat from Dhanwar whereas senior leader C.P. Singh managed to hold on to his Ranchi candidature. Leader of Opposition in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, Amar Kumar Bauri, also retained his seat from Chandankiyari Assembly seat.
Erstwhile Chief Minister Champai Soren, who left the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to join the BJP is set to contest from Saraikela while his son Babulal Soren will contest form Ghatshila.
Former MP Arjun Munda’s wife Meera Munda has been given a ticket from Potka. Former Union Minister Arjun Munda had faced defeat in the Khunti Lok Sabha seat against Congress’ candidate Kalicharan Munda in this year’s Lok Sabha election.
In the National Democratic Alliance seat sharing the BJP got 68 seats in its kitty, whereas the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) received 10, followed by two seats for the Janata Dal (United), and the Union Minister Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) was given a single seat. Announcement on the remaining two seats will be made later.
The announcement comes hours after Chief Minister Hemant Soren declared that the Congress and the ruling JMM will contest in 70 of the 81 Assembly seats whereas remaining 11 seats have been left for allies Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Left.
The list also names Sita Murmu Soren, the daughter-in-law of JMM founder Shibu Soren from Jamtara. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, she had quit the JMM to join the BJP; she had contested from Dumka but was defeated at the time.
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