The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its second list of candidates for the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections and fielded Gamliyel Hembrom from Barhait seat to take on Chief Minister and JMM chief Hemant Soren.
Hemant Soren is the sitting MLA of the Barhait (ST) constituency in Sahibganj district. He had won the seat by a margin of 25,740 votes over his nearest rival Simon Malto of the BJP in the 2019 assembly elections.
In its first list, the party had fielded former state CM Champai Soren from Saraikella and BJP state chief Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar. The party in its first list also named Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of Hemant Soren, as its nominee from Jamtara.
The BJP has decided to contest 68 of the 81 Assembly seats in the state, leaving the rest for its allies in the state.
The Jharkhand Assembly elections will be held in two phases on November 13 and November 20, while the counting of votes will take place on November 23.
In the 2019 Assembly election, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance won 47 seats in the Jharkhand assembly, including 30 of JMM and 16 of the Congress. The BJP had secured 25 seats, JVM-P 3, AJSU Party 2, CPI-ML 1, NCP- 1 and independents 2.
(With agency inputs)
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