Jharkhand Assembly polls: Many bigwigs in fray for 3rd phase, voting tomorrow
The first-phase polling for 13 seats and the second-phase for 20 assembly segments had concluded on November 30 and December 7 respectively.
The first-phase polling for 13 seats and the second-phase for 20 assembly segments had concluded on November 30 and December 7 respectively.
The first of the five-phase polling for 13 constituencies had concluded on November 30. The rest of the three phases will be held on December 12, 16 and 20. Counting will take place on December 23.
There are a total 260 candidates in fray including 29 women nominees and 73 independents. Their fate will be decided by 48,25,038 voters including 23,93,437 women and 90 third gender.
'We dented the BJP in Haryana, denied BJP power in Maharashtra and appeal to people to defeat the BJP in Jharkhand,' the former Finance Minister said.
Despite the admission by some BJP leaders in West Bengal that apprehensions over the National Register of Citizens (NRC) had cost the party dearly in the recent by-election in Bengal, Shah said that the nation-wide exercise will most definitely be conducted.
Congress had earlier released a list of 40-star campaigners including party chief Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh.
The former chief minister and working president of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), accused the BJP of raising emotive issues such as nationalism to divert attention from their 'misrule'
As per the notification, the existing Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand will continue till January 5, 2020, unless dissolved earlier.
Notably, Dhoni was one of the celebrities whom BJP chief Amit Shah visited during his "Sampark for Samarthan" programme ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
