NEW DELHI: Will Jairam Mahto, popularly known as Jairam Tiger Mahto, play the spoilsport for mainstream political parties in Jharkhand? Jairam, who has made a mark as a Kurmi leader, made an impressive show in Lok Sabha elections earlier this year polling nearly 3.5 lakh votes as an Independent in Giridih Lok Sabha seat. Jairam…
RANCHI: The political fortunes of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and state BJP president Babulal Marandi will be decided on Wednesday as more than 1.23 crore voters across 12 districts, including the tribal heartland of Santhal Pargana and the coal belt of Dhanbad, are set to cast their votes in the second and final phase…
The overall voter turnout in the first phase of the Jharkhand election on Wednesday, for 43 seats, was 64.8%, higher than 63.7% for these 43 seats in 2019.Rural areas, mostly tribal belts in JMM’s stronghold of Kolhan division, saw brisk voting since the morning, while urban apathy led to low turnouts across constituencies overlapping Ranchi…
NEW DELHI: Raghubar Das, governor of Odisha and former chief minister of Jharkhand, is neither contesting the 2024 assembly elections nor is a part of the election campaign, but when voters of the state go out to cast their ballot tomorrow he will be keeping his fingers crossed. Raghubar’s daughter-in-law Purnima Das Sahu is the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a blistering attack against the INDIA bloc partners on Monday as he addressed two rallies in poll-bound Jharkhand. The BJP‘s election campaign is in full swing, with the Prime Minister’s visit coming a day after Union home minister Amit Shah addressed three rallies in the state.‘JMM letting infiltrators…
SERAIKELA: At 68, former Jharkhand CM and ex-JMM stalwart Champai Soren has chosen to go against his political guru Shibu Soren, whom he had rubbed shoulders with during the movement for Jharkhand statehood. He will now fight to stay relevant and save his legacy in the state’s political arena, especially in Kolhan region.Known as “Kolhan…
NEW DELHI: BJP‘s Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday raised allegations of corruption against Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, specifically pointing out inconsistencies in age declarations across different affidavits.“JMM means ‘Jhol, Muslim appeasement and Mafia’. The JMM govt which has set new standards of corruption is now doing corruption in affidavits also. Mr Hemant Soren has aged…
Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan NEW DELHI: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday compared the CM Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government to cyclone Dana, claiming if voted to power it will “wreak havoc”.Chouhan, who is BJP’s Jharkhand poll in charge, called the Hemant dispensation “deadlier than Dana”.“The Hemant Soren coalition government is deadlier than ‘Dana’….
RANCHI/DUMKA: Exit of veteran BJP neta from Santhal Parganas, Lois Marandi, from the party and her aligning with governing JMM Monday has put the saffron camp in a tight spot in Jharkhand ahead of the assembly polls. BJP is seemingly struggling to spot a credible face to field in Barhait, to take on incumbent MLA…
RJD’s Manoj Jha (file photo) says ‘disappointed’ over India bloc seat sharing, Congress’ Pawan Khera denies any ‘resentment’ A rift emerged within the INDIA bloc ahead of the Jharkhand assembly polls as the RJD expressed dissatisfaction on Saturday regarding the JMM and Congress‘ announcement to contest 70 out of 81 seats in the state. ,…
