The JMM patriarch, who was a towering figure in Jharkhand's political landscape, was admitted to the Sri Ganga Ram Hospital in the national capital since last month with a kidney-related issue.
The JMM also demanded a ban on electronic gadgets near the counting centres.
Shah raised concerns about infiltrators marrying local women to gain control of their land.
The assembly polls will be held in two phases — on November 13 and 20 — while the results will be declared on November 23.
Champai Soren said in a social media post that the options of retiring from politics, finding a new political companion and launching his own political outfit remain open to him.
The JMM-led government in Jharkhand headed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday won the vote of confidence in the assembly amid a walkout by opposition members. A total of 45 MLAs, including nominated member Glen Joseph Galstaun, voted in favour of the confidence motion. BJP and AJSU legislators walked out of the House as the headcount for voting started. The BJP-led opposition has 24 legislators of the saffron party and three of the AJSU Party.
In a significant ruling, a seven-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court last month overturned a 1998 decision that had provided lawmakers with immunity from prosecution for accepting bribes in exchange for making speeches or casting votes in the legislature.
Hemant Soren’s choice of veteran Champai Soren as his replacement, while made under duress, could help the JMM-alliance in an election year. Champai’s elevation is a departure from the usual script of family-run parties, but BJP will fancy its chances in the upcoming elections, or even sooner
JMM, part of opposition INDIA, criticizes Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, labeling "betrayal" as his political trait.
About 26 per cent of Jharkhand's population are tribals, and JMM banks on this vote for electoral success.
As many as 48 MLAs voted in favour of the confidence motion in the 81-member Assembly.
Hemant Soren also claimed that his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma indulged in purchase of Jharkhand MLAs.
Addressing a press conference here, Congress minister Alamgir Alam said the party's Bermo MLA Kumar Jaimangal has lodged a police complaint against the three legislators for allegedly luring other MLAs by offering Rs 10 crore each and a ministerial berth if the BJP forms government in the state.
Soren is in the midst of an office-of-profit row regarding a mining lease that he is accused of having awarded himself last year while holding charge of the state mining and environment departments.
Trouble started brewing in the ruling alliance in January when Jharkhand Congress in-charge RPN Singh quit the party and joined the BJP, a move seen to have weakened the Congress’ position in the coalition government.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is the first political party to have disclosed its donation through the scheme.
Here’s a quick look at the new Jharkhand Legislative Assembly’s composition
The party is capable of bouncing back with shedding of arrogance and a more pragmatic and accommodative approach
Except Rajmahal, all of the other nine bellwether seats in Jharkhand voted for JMM or Congress thereby maintaining their track record
BJP, which had posted a spectacular victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha election in the middle of the year, was yet to score a convincing triumph in an assembly election since
Updates of the government formation in Jharkhand following the 2019 Vidhan Sabha election. The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance has won 47 of the total 81 seats
As the Jharkhand election results pour in it is clear that the BJP's decision to appoint Raghubar Das, as the first non-tribal chief minister in the hope of consolidating the non-tribal votes, has backfired.
The Shiv Sena also hit out at the BJP, with which it recently severed ties at the Centre and in Maharashtra, saying the Jharkhand Assembly poll trends show people are not buying the Amit Shah-led party's politics based on sentimental issues like the National Register of Citizens.
The Congress was ahead in 13 seats and the JMM in 23, according to the Election Commission. The BJP was trailing with leads in 27 seats, indicating that it may cede power to the opposition.