Hemant Soren's JMM, Congress To Contest 70 Of 81 Seats In Jharkhand | Read
INDIA bloc will contest the upcoming Jharkhand assembly polls together, Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced today. The Congress and ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha will field candidates in 70 of the 81 assembly segments, he said.
"We can't go into the details of the seat-sharing right now. Our alliance partner is not here right now. When they are here, we will finalise the number of seats and other details," Mr Soren told reporters, adding seat-sharing talks are on with other alliance partners - RJD and Left parties - for the remaining 11 segments.
