New Delhi: Its official now. The 475-days-old grand alliance between the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and the Congress in Jharkhand has finally broken off with both the party leaders announcing to contest the forthcoming assembly elections on all 81 seats separately, declared CM and JMM leader Hemant Soren.
The five phase assembly poll in Jharkhand is scheduled to begin on November 25. The AICC General Secretary also said that the Congress would like to take along other like-minded small parties.
There were reports that JMM was not ready to leave Jamtara, Ghatsila and Pakur seats to Congress while the Congress had sought 45 seats and asked JMM to accommodate the other two regional alliance partners like JD-U and RJD from its quota of remaining 36 seats.
In the Lok Sabha poll held five months back, BJP had won 12 out of total 14 seats bagging 40.1 per cent votes while the Congress had polled just 13.3 per cent votes with ruling party JMM 12.1 per cent.
Ever since its creation as a separate state in 2000 Jharkhand has seen altogether 9 chief ministers and three terms of President’s Rule.
Bureau Report
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