Ranchi: Congress on Thursday said the framework of the proposed mahagathbandhan, a grand alliance of opposition parties in Jharkhand aimed to rout BJP within the Parliamentary and state assembly elections this yr, is ready after party president Rahul Gandhi’s approval.
While any of the parties — Congress, JMM, JVM-P and RJD — refused to divulge the details of the seat-sharing components, Congress resources said the party will contest seven of 14 Lok Sabha seats within the state, while JMM will field applicants in four. The Babulal Marandi-led JVM-P will contest in two seats and Lalu Prasad’s RJD will get one. JMM will get a bigger proportion of the pie within the assembly polls and field the highest number of applicants for the 81-member assembly, the resources added.
Congress’s announcement got here on Thursday afternoon soon after JMM running president Hemant Soren met Rahul at his residence and “closed the minor variations” in a 35-minute assembly. State Congress chief Ajoy Kumar and Congress’ national party in-charge for Jharkhand RPN Singh additionally attended the assembly.
“The framework for mahagathbandhan — consisting Congress, JMM, JVM-P and RJD — has been prepared after Rahul Gandhi’s approval. It was decided that Congress will contest on maximum seats within the Lok Sabha elections, while JMM will contest in maximum number of seats in assembly polls,” the observation learn.
Speaking to IdealNews over phone from New Delhi, Kumar said: “It is clear that the mahagathbandhan will struggle underneath the management of Rahul Gandhi within the parliamentary polls while the state elections shall be fought underneath Hemant.” Soon after, JMM’s reputable Twitter maintain additionally broke the scoop.
In the 2014 parliamentary polls, BJP gained 12 of the 14 seats while JMM bagged the opposite two.
Congress staked claim over seven seats in accordance with their orgasinational base and its efficiency 5 years ago, when it finished 2d to BJP in lots of the seats. JMM, however, will get to retain its current seats, Dumka and Rajmahal within the tribal heartland of Santhal Pargana. JMM chief Shibu Soren is a sitting MP from Dumka and is expected to run for any other time period.
Marandi, a former CM, is more likely to contest from Giridih, while Kumar, who once gained from the Jamshedpur LS seat in mid-term ballot on a JVM-P price tag, is more likely to chose between Jamshedpur and Dhanbad.
On Wednesday, Soren, JVM-P basic secretaries Pradeep Yadav and Bandhu Tirkey met Kumar and Singh at at Madhya Pradesh Bhavan in Chanakyapuri to discuss the finer issues of seat-sharing. However, no one from JVM-P was provide for the assembly with Gandhi on Thursday.
The joint announcement additionally did not appear to move down smartly with JVM-P. Speaking to reporters in Ranchi, party chief Babulal Marandi said: “Pyench abhi baki hai (There are nonetheless a couple of twists to it).”
While any of the parties — Congress, JMM, JVM-P and RJD — refused to divulge the details of the seat-sharing components, Congress resources said the party will contest seven of 14 Lok Sabha seats within the state, while JMM will field applicants in four. The Babulal Marandi-led JVM-P will contest in two seats and Lalu Prasad’s RJD will get one. JMM will get a bigger proportion of the pie within the assembly polls and field the highest number of applicants for the 81-member assembly, the resources added.
Congress’s announcement got here on Thursday afternoon soon after JMM running president Hemant Soren met Rahul at his residence and “closed the minor variations” in a 35-minute assembly. State Congress chief Ajoy Kumar and Congress’ national party in-charge for Jharkhand RPN Singh additionally attended the assembly.
“The framework for mahagathbandhan — consisting Congress, JMM, JVM-P and RJD — has been prepared after Rahul Gandhi’s approval. It was decided that Congress will contest on maximum seats within the Lok Sabha elections, while JMM will contest in maximum number of seats in assembly polls,” the observation learn.
Speaking to IdealNews over phone from New Delhi, Kumar said: “It is clear that the mahagathbandhan will struggle underneath the management of Rahul Gandhi within the parliamentary polls while the state elections shall be fought underneath Hemant.” Soon after, JMM’s reputable Twitter maintain additionally broke the scoop.
In the 2014 parliamentary polls, BJP gained 12 of the 14 seats while JMM bagged the opposite two.
Congress staked claim over seven seats in accordance with their orgasinational base and its efficiency 5 years ago, when it finished 2d to BJP in lots of the seats. JMM, however, will get to retain its current seats, Dumka and Rajmahal within the tribal heartland of Santhal Pargana. JMM chief Shibu Soren is a sitting MP from Dumka and is expected to run for any other time period.
Marandi, a former CM, is more likely to contest from Giridih, while Kumar, who once gained from the Jamshedpur LS seat in mid-term ballot on a JVM-P price tag, is more likely to chose between Jamshedpur and Dhanbad.
On Wednesday, Soren, JVM-P basic secretaries Pradeep Yadav and Bandhu Tirkey met Kumar and Singh at at Madhya Pradesh Bhavan in Chanakyapuri to discuss the finer issues of seat-sharing. However, no one from JVM-P was provide for the assembly with Gandhi on Thursday.
The joint announcement additionally did not appear to move down smartly with JVM-P. Speaking to reporters in Ranchi, party chief Babulal Marandi said: “Pyench abhi baki hai (There are nonetheless a couple of twists to it).”
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