The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced the list of 40-star campaigners for the ensuing Jharkhand assembly polls.
Starting from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to BJP national president JP Nadda, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Dharmendra Pradhan, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and others are included in the list.
Chief Ministers of the BJP-led state government, namely, Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Nayab Singh Saini (Haryana), Mohan Majhi, Himanta Biswa Sarma and Vishnu Deo Sai (Chhattisgarh) are also among the star campaigners.
The BJP has announced its first list of 66 candidates for Jharkhand assembly elections on Saturday, as the ruling JMM-led alliance finalised the contours of their seat-sharing agreement.
BJP has decided to contest the Jharkhand assembly elections in alliance with All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), Janata Dal (United) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).
It is contesting 68 seats, AJSU 10, JD(U) two seats and LJP one seat.
BJP’s state chief, Babulal Marandi, will contest from Dhanwar, Lobin Hembrom from Borio, and Sita Soren from Jamtara.
Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Champai Soren has been nominated as the candidate from Saraikella, Geeta Balmuchu from Chaibasa, Geeta Koda from Jaganathpur, and Meera Munda, the wife of Union Minister Arjun Munda, will contest from Potka.
Elections are being held on 81 seats of the Jharkhand assembly in two phases on November 13 and November 20
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