The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), the Congress, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and Left parties have reached an agreement to contest the two-phase November Assembly elections in Jharkhand as part of the India bloc, Chief Minister and JMM head Hemant Soren announced on Saturday.
Announcing the alliance at a press conference, Soren stated that his JMM and the Congress will jointly contest 70 seats out of the total 81, while the remaining 11 seats will be allocated to the RJD and Left parties.
He emphasised that the four-party alliance will contest the elections as a united front. However, the exact division of the 70 seats between JMM and Congress remains unannounced, with further discussions planned with alliance partners.
Talks regarding seat allocation for the RJD and Left parties are ongoing, and an official announcement on seat distribution will be made soon, the party said.
Notably, the Left parties were not part of the alliance in the 2019 elections, but this time, they will be contesting …