RANCHI: BJP announced Friday it would field candidates in 68 of Jharkhand ’s 81 assembly seats in the two-phase polls starting Nov 13, leaving the lion’s share of the rest – 10 seats – to the Sudesh Mahto-led Ajsu-P . Two seats for Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and one for Union minister Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas) rounded off NDA ’s seat-sharing math, with Jitan Manjhi’s HAM missing out.
In 2019, BJP fought 79 seats and won 25. Just two out of 53 Ajsu-P candidates won.
Assam CM and BJP’s Jharkhand co-incharge Himanta Biswa Sarma unveiled the list with the caveat that there could be “last-minute tweaks”, based “purely on strategy” after analysing the governing JMM-Congress combine's choice of candidates.
BJP cedes some J’khand seats to avoid vote-splitHours after BJP announced it would contest 68 out of 81 Jharkhand seats and leave the rest for NDA allies, JMM predicted infighting in the bloc once the constituents started announcing their candidates.
JMM general secretary and spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya said BJP “ceded” seats in Jharkhand to its allies to keep its alliance at the Centre afloat.
Sarma, who held a press conference at BJP’s state headquarters in Ranchi with Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Mahto and former chief minister Babulal Marandi, said the first list of candidates would be announced along with those for Maharashtra “within the next two days”.
BJP and AJSU-P intend to campaign jointly with a blend of national and regional issues, but there will be no predetermined chief ministerial candidate. “The election will be contested under the stewardship of our leaders here and the karyakartas. The chief ministerial face will be decided after the election,” Sarma said.
BJP chose to contest fewer seats compared to the last election, purportedly to prevent vote division. “We contested against each other five years ago, and it benefited the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance,” AJSU-P spokesperson Devsharan Bhagat said.
Mahto dismissed speculation that he was disappointed at his party being allocated 10 seats. “There is no difference in opinion among us regarding seat-sharing. There has been coordination all along. We respect each other,” he said.
Sarma said AJSU-P would contest the Silli, Ramgarh, Gomia, Dumri, Jugsalai (SC), Potka (ST), Icchagarh, Mandu, Pakur, Lohardaga (ST) and Manoharpur (ST) seats. JD(U) will field candidates in Jamshedpur (West) and Tamar (ST), while LJP (Ram Vilas) will contest Chatra (SC).
In 2019, BJP fought 79 seats and won 25. Just two out of 53 Ajsu-P candidates won.
Assam CM and BJP’s Jharkhand co-incharge Himanta Biswa Sarma unveiled the list with the caveat that there could be “last-minute tweaks”, based “purely on strategy” after analysing the governing JMM-Congress combine's choice of candidates.
BJP cedes some J’khand seats to avoid vote-splitHours after BJP announced it would contest 68 out of 81 Jharkhand seats and leave the rest for NDA allies, JMM predicted infighting in the bloc once the constituents started announcing their candidates.
JMM general secretary and spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya said BJP “ceded” seats in Jharkhand to its allies to keep its alliance at the Centre afloat.
Sarma, who held a press conference at BJP’s state headquarters in Ranchi with Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Mahto and former chief minister Babulal Marandi, said the first list of candidates would be announced along with those for Maharashtra “within the next two days”.
BJP and AJSU-P intend to campaign jointly with a blend of national and regional issues, but there will be no predetermined chief ministerial candidate. “The election will be contested under the stewardship of our leaders here and the karyakartas. The chief ministerial face will be decided after the election,” Sarma said.
BJP chose to contest fewer seats compared to the last election, purportedly to prevent vote division. “We contested against each other five years ago, and it benefited the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance,” AJSU-P spokesperson Devsharan Bhagat said.
Mahto dismissed speculation that he was disappointed at his party being allocated 10 seats. “There is no difference in opinion among us regarding seat-sharing. There has been coordination all along. We respect each other,” he said.
Sarma said AJSU-P would contest the Silli, Ramgarh, Gomia, Dumri, Jugsalai (SC), Potka (ST), Icchagarh, Mandu, Pakur, Lohardaga (ST) and Manoharpur (ST) seats. JD(U) will field candidates in Jamshedpur (West) and Tamar (ST), while LJP (Ram Vilas) will contest Chatra (SC).
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