Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024: RJD angry over seat sharing between Congress-JMM, said- this is a one-sided decision

Ranchi. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has expressed its objection to the seat sharing between the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress for the Jharkhand Assembly elections. The party has termed the seat sharing between the two parties of the India Alliance as a one-sided decision. The party also said that all options are open for us.

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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) spokesperson and MP Manoj Jha said that a unilateral decision was taken on seat sharing. We were not consulted in this regard. Our presence in different districts is very strong, we will urge our alliance partners to take decisions accordingly, our in-charge is here, our state president is here and from yesterday our leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav himself is here. Despite everyone being there, if you did not include us in the alliance process, then it is sad. In the meeting held today, we have identified 15 to 18 such seats in many districts where we alone are capable of defeating the BJP.

Last time we contested elections on 7 seats

RJD MP Manoj Jha said that we have come before you for a special reason, our entire leadership has come here on the request of our Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav. We had a meeting this morning and in that meeting it was decided that the strength of votes and support base is in favor of RJD. Last time we fought on 7 seats because Lalu ji had a big heart, his aim was to oust BJP and even today the aim is the same, we stood second on 5 seats. The rest of our alliance partners might not have been second in terms of percentage of seats.

Agreement reached between Congress and JMM on 70 seats

Read :- India alliance will contest elections together in Jharkhand, Congress-JMM on 70 seats, RJD and Left on 11 seats.

An agreement was reached on seat sharing among the parties of the ruling India Alliance in Jharkhand. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren had said that India Bloc (India Alliance) will contest the assembly elections together and Congress and JMM will field their candidates on 70 out of 81 seats. He further said that seat sharing talks are going on with alliance partners RJD and Left parties for the remaining 11 seats. Representatives of RJD and Left parties were not present on this occasion. Soren said that after talks with RJD and CPI (L), the situation will become clear on which seats Congress and JMM will contest. Let us tell you that the assembly elections in the state will be held in two phases on 13th and 20th November and the counting of votes will take place on 23rd November.