Jharkhand Assembly Election 2024 Date: The polling for the upcoming Assembly election in Jharkhand will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, the Election Commission (EC) announced on Tuesday. The counting of votes will take place on November 23.
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The notification for the two phases will be issued on October 18 and October 22. October 25 and 29 have been fixed as the last dates for the filing of nomination for the first and second phase respectively. Scrutiny of the nominations will be held on October 28 and 30 for the first and second phase respectively. While the last date of withdrawal of nominations for the first phase will be October 30, candidates for the second phase will be allowed to withdraw their nomination till November 1.
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While the Congress and its INDIA bloc allies will be putting up a united front led by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to retain power, the BJP is hopeful of wresting power from the ruling alliance.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has said that the JMM-led coalition will contest all 81 Assembly seats in the state. Jharkhand's current ruling coalition is the first non-BJP government to complete a full five-year term. Though Soren was temporarily removed from office for five months following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case, the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance maintained its hold on power.
This time, the BJP is putting special emphasis on tribal seats, which were a key factor in their previous defeat, particularly in the Kolhan and Santhal Pargana regions. For months, the saffron party has aggressively campaigned on issues such as Bangladeshi infiltration, religious conversions, corruption, and alleged failures of the Soren-led government.
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In a bid to reclaim power, the BJP has roped in allies such as AJSU, JDU, and LJP. The ruling JMM-Congress-RJD coalition, on the other hand, is focusing on populist schemes like the 'Maiya Samman Yojana', which provides financial aid to women, provision of 200 units of free electricity, loan waivers for farmers, and early pensions for tribals and Dalits.
(With inputs from agencies)