The Jharkhand Janmukti Morcha (JMM) led by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has announced that the party will not contest on the Bihar assembly election days after announcing six candidates for the same.
The party has accused its INDIA bloc partners the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) and the Congress of a “political conspiracy” that led to it being stripped of seats under the Mahagathbandhan coalition in Bihar.
JMM senior leader Sudivya Kumar said his party will review the alliance in Jharkhand with Congress and RJD and give a befitting reply to the “insult” according to PTI.
“RJD and Congress are responsible for making it impossible for JMM to contest elections as part of a political conspiracy. JMM will give a befitting reply and review its alliance with RJD and Congress,” the publication quoted Kumar as saying.
“In 2020 Bihar elections, JMM had secured three seats from RJD and Congress, but later they divided the seats between them, fooling us. In last year’s Jharkhand polls, JMM left respectable number of seats to Congress, RJD and Left, but the party was humiliated again in 2025 elections,” PTI added.
The JMM on Saturday announced that it will field candidates from Chakai, Dhamdaha, Katoria, Manihari, Jamui and Pirpainti seats. All six mandates are to go to the polls on November 11.
The deadline for submission of nomination papers in these places was on Monday.
RJD announces 143 candidates
The RJD today announced 143 candidates for the Bihar elections, with Tejashwi Yadav fielded from Raghopur.
In five of these seats, the RJD will be pitted against its alliance partners, bringing to the fore the fact that all is not well in the INDIA bloc.
While the RJD has avoided fielding a candidate from Kutumba, which is represented in the assembly by state Congress chief Rajesh Kumar Ram, the two parties are slated to clash in Vaishali, Lalganj and Kahalgaon.
RJD will also face Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP) in Tarapur and Gaura Boram seats.
VIP leaders, Jan Suraaj join BJP ahead of polls
Amid the Mahagathbandhan tension, the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) candidate from Munger’s Tarapur Assembly constituency has joined the BJP.
Jan Suraaj state spokesperson Amit Kumar Paswan along with former district councilor Anita Kumari and party founder member Karmveer Paswan joined the BJP with hundreds of supporters on Sunday.
