Ranchi, October 18 . Seat sharing has been done among the NDA constituents for the assembly elections in Jharkhand. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest on 68 seats in the state. AJSU Party (All Jharkhand Students Union) will contest on 10, Nitish Kumar’s party Janata Dal United (JDU) on two and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) on one seat.
BJP and AJSU leaders announced seat sharing in a joint press conference held at Jharkhand BJP state office in Harmu, Ranchi on Friday.
According to the agreement, AJSU Party has been given the seats of Silli, Ramgarh, Gomia, Ichagarh, Mandu, Julsalai, Dumri, Pakur, Lohardaga and Manoharpur. Jamshedpur West and Tamar assembly seats have come in the share of Janata Dal United, while Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has been given Chatra Sadar assembly seat.
Assam Chief Minister and BJP Jharkhand election co-in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma, while addressing a press conference, said that the seat sharing has been announced after talks with all the parties. However, there is a possibility of change in one or two seats by mutual consent. He said that the NDA will enter the electoral fray with full strength. We are confident that we will form a majority government in the state.
BJP state president Babulal Marandi said that the people of the state are troubled by the current Hemant Soren government. He has not fulfilled a single promise made to the youth, women and backward classes of the state. CM Soren had said that if he could not provide government jobs to five lakh youth of the state, then he would retire from politics. Even after this, how will he ask for votes from the youth and the people of the state.
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, AJSU Party President Sudesh Mahto and Chandraprakash Choudhary were also present in the press conference.
On this occasion, AJSU supremo Sudesh Mahto said that he will work to alert the people about the current situation in Jharkhand. This election will be fought under the guidance of PM Modi. He expressed confidence that NDA government will be formed in the state.
Let us tell you that voting will be held in two phases for 81 assembly seats of Jharkhand. Voting will be held on 43 seats in the first phase on November 13 and on 38 seats in the second phase on November 20. While the election results will be declared on November 23.
