Jharkhand BJP Candidates List: Bharatiya Janata Party has released its first list of 66 candidates on Saturday (20 October) regarding the Jharkhand Assembly elections. The names of Champai Soren, Babu Lal Marandi and Sudarshan Bhagat are also included in this list. Familyism seems to be dominating in this list of BJP, for which CM Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has also targeted.
BJP’s first list has been taunted by posting on JMM’s social media account X. It has been written, “These are just a few names. The actual list is quite big. Those who constantly call themselves the party of husband-wife, father-son, why don’t they look into their own affairs once? The list of turncoats is even bigger than this. Those who give knowledge on nepotism – have you not found workers on these seats?
While attacking BJP on nepotism, JMM has also revealed the names of the candidates along with their relationships. These include Raghubar Das-Poornima Sahu (father-in-law-daughter-in-law), Champai Soren-Babulal Soren (father-son), Meera Munda-Arjun Munda (husband-wife), Geeta Koda-Madhu Koda (husband-wife), Amit Mandal-Raghunandan Mandal. (son-father), Roshan Lal Chaudhary-CP Chaudhary- Sunita Chaudhary-Sudesh Mahato (brother-brother-sister-in-law-nephew), Ragini Singh-Sanjeev Singh (husband-wife), Arun Oraon- Geeta Oraon (husband-wife), Bhanu Pratap Shahi-Hemant Pratap Shahi (son-father), Pushpa Devi-Manoj Kumar (husband-wife), Alok Kumar Chaurasia-Anil Chaurasia (son-father), Ujjwal Das- Upendra Nath Das (son-father), Shatrughan Mahato. -The name of Dhullu Mahato (brother-brother) is included.
,@yourBabulal Yes – these are just a few names – the actual list is much longer.
Those who constantly talk about the party of husband-wife, father-son, why don’t they look into their own affairs once?
The list of defectors is even bigger than this.
Those who give knowledge on familyism – Do you want these seats?
— Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (@JmmJharkhand) October 19, 2024 (/tw)
No candidate has been decided against Hemant Soren yet
The names of 66 candidates are included in the first list of BJP. Apart from this, suspense still remains on 2 seats. BJP has not yet fielded any candidate for Barhet and Tundi seats. Hemant Soren has won from Barhet seat in 2014 and 2019. This time also he has indicated to contest elections from Barhet seat.
The name of the candidate for Tundi seat has also not been announced yet. AJSU supremo Sudesh Mahato is claiming this seat. There is talk that Sudesh Mahato wants to contest elections from Tundi seat along with Silli.