Seraikela-Kharsawan: BJP leader and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren being greeted by supporters on his arrival in Seraikela-Kharsawan district. (IMAGE: PTI)
The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) on Saturday evening released the first list of candidates and gave former chief minister and former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Champai Soren nomination from Seraikela.
The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) on Saturday evening released the first list of candidates and gave former chief minister and former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Champai Soren nomination from Seraikela.
Soren has been winning in Seraikela since 1991 and will contest against his former party and its coalition partner, Congress, in the upcoming elections. Meanwhile, Jharkhand unit president Babulal Marandi will contest from Dhanwar. The party did not declare who will contest against Hemant Soren, who on Saturday announced that the INDIA bloc partners will contest the upcoming state assembly elections together.
The Election Commission Tuesday announced Jharkhand will go to polls in two phases on November 13 and 20 and the counting of votes will be held on November 23.
Jama lawmaker Sita Soren, formerly of the JMM, will be competing from Jamtara assembly constituency while Suresh Murmu will be competing from Jama, where Soren has won since 2019.
Soren is the daughter-in-law of JMM chief Shibu Soren.
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