Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Friday filed his nomination as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Saraikella and said that the Congress and its alliance have no existence in Jharkhand and that they dont stand anywhere in the elections....Not only in Jharkhand, there is a BJP wave across the country. Nobody will be able to stop this wave. Alliance with Congress has no existence in Jharkhand and they stand nowhere in these elections, said Champai Soren. Earlier in the day, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) released another list of candidates for two seats for the upcoming Assembly polls.The party has fielded Ganesh Mehli from the Saraikela seat posing him against Champai Soren and Ramsurya Munda from Khunti. On Thursday, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren who had filed his nomination for the upcoming assembly polls took a jibe at Assam CM and Jharkhand BJP co-in-charge of assembly elections Himanta Biswa Sarma by calling him as Pravaasi CM who will not be seen in the state once the assembly polls are over.Chief Minister Hemant Soren will contest from the Barhait Assembly constituency. Meanwhile, Kalpana Soren, the JMM leader and wife of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, filed her nomination as her party candidate from the Gandey Assembly constituency on Thursday. Kalpana Soren is currently representing the Gandey constituency. JMM released its first list of 35 candidates on October 23 for the polls.On Saturday, BJP announced its first list of 66 candidates for Jharkhand assembly elections as the ruling JMM-led alliance finalised the contours of their seat-sharing agreement. Bharatiya Janata Party will contest the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections in alliance with All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), Janata Dal (United) and LokJanshakti Party (LJP). BJP will contest 68 seats, AJSU 10 seats, JD-U two seats and LJP one seat. Elections are being held on 81 seats of the Jharkhand assembly in two phases on November 13 and November 20. (Except for the headline, nothing has been changed by Top Indian News in the wire.)
