Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday went to town attacking the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha for dynastic politics, pointing out the list of candidates for the party that includes "husband, wife and brother". Sarma, who is BJP's Jharkhand election co-in-charge was referring to the list of the JMM that names its leader Hemant Soren chief minister of Jharkhand, his wife and JMM MLA Kalpana Soren, and brother Basan Soren.
"The JMM's candidate list clearly reflects dynastic politics," he said, pointing out the number of familial ties among candidates. He then quipped that the JMM did not have a healthy pool of candidates, saying if it needed them, the BJP could provide extra candidatesits very own leaders from the saffron party who have joined JMM recently.
Polling to the 81-member assembly in the state will be held on November 13 and November 20 and votes will be counted on November 23.
Recently, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha released its first list of 35 candidates for the ensuing assembly polls on Wednesday, fielding Chief Minister Hemant Soren from Barhait and Kalpana Soren from Gandey segments.
The assembly polls will be in two phases-on November 13 and 20-and the results will be declared on November 23.
The incumbent MLA from Barhait (ST) constituency in Sahibganj district is Hemant Soren. He won the seat by 25,740 votes over his nearest BJP rival Simon Malto in the 2019 assembly elections. His wife Kalpana Soren had won the Gandey bypoll by 27,149 votes over her nearest BJP rival Dilip Kumar Verma. The seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad.
Of the 35 JMM nominees, brother of present Chief Minister Basant Soren will contest from Dumka; Assembly Speaker Rabindranath Mahto from Nala, Minister Mithilesh Thakur from Garhwa; Sonu Sudivya from Giridih, and Bebi Devi from Dumri. Basant Soren had defeated former BJP minister Lois Marandi by more than 6,842 votes in Dumka that has been a JMM bastion.
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