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  • Jharkhand Election: BJP Releases First List Of 66 Candidates, Fields Champai Soren From Saraikella |

    BJP released the first of 66 candidates list on Saturday for Jharkhand Assembly Polls. The saffron party has nominated state chief Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar, Lobin Hembrom from Borio, Sita Soren from Jamtara, former CM Champai Soren from Saraikella, Geeta Balmuchu from Chaibasa, Geeta Koda from Jaganathpur, Meera Munda from Potka.

     

    BJP releases the first list of 66 candidates for the #JharkhandElection2024

    Party’s state chief Babulal Marandi to contest from Dhanwar, Lobin Hembrom from Borio, Sita Soren from Jamtara, former CM Champai Soren from Saraikella, Geeta Balmuchu from Chaibasa, Geeta Koda from… pic.twitter.com/uXhfDpfTxq
    — ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2024

    The BJP is going to contest on 68 of the 81 assembly seats in the state, leaving the rest for its allies.

    The party aims to oust the JMM-Congress alliance from power in the upcoming two-phase polls, which are scheduled to be held on November 13 and 20.

    BJP will contest the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections along with their allies including All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), Janata Dal (United) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), the party said, ANI reported.

    As per the current agreement, AJSU will likely to contest on 10 seats, JDU on 2 seats and LJP will contest the lone seat of Chatra and BJP will contest on remaining 68 seats.

     

    The 81-seat Jharkhand Assembly elections are set for November 13 and 20, with vote counting scheduled for November 23. 

    In Jharkhand, approximately 2.60 crore voters are eligible to participate, including 1.31 crore male voters and 1.29 crore female voters. Notably, there are 11.84 lakh first-time voters in the state.

  • BJP Releases Second Candidate List for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Polls |

    Jammu and Kashmir Election 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, which will be conducted in three phases on September 18, September 25, and October 1. The counting of votes is scheduled for October 4. The second list has names of 29 candidates for the second and the third phase. The first list had 15 names. With this, the party has announced a total of 44 candidates out of the total 90 seats.

    In the second phase, the party has nominated candidates for various constituencies:

    Habba Kadal – Ashok Bhat
    Gulabgarh (ST) – Mohammad Akram Chaudhary
    Reasi – Kuldeep Raj Dubey
    Shri Mata Vaishno Devi – Baldev Raj Sharma
    Kalakote-Sunderbani – Thakur Randhir Singh
    Budhal (ST) – Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali
    Thannamandi (ST) – Mohd. Iqbal Malik
    Surankote (ST) – Syed Mushtaq Ahmad Bukhari
    Poonch Haveli – Chowdhary Abdul Ghani
    Mendhar (ST) – Murtaza Khan

    In the third phase, the following candidates have been fielded:

    Udhampur West – Pawan Gupta
    Chenani – Balwant Singh Mankotia
    Ramnagar (SC) – Sunil Bhardwaj
    Bani – Jeevan Lal
    Billawar –  Satish Sharma
    Basohli – Darshan Singh
    Jasrota – Rajiv Jasrotia
    Hiranagar – Adv. Vijay Kumar Sharma
    Ramgarh (SC) – Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal
    Samba –  Surjit Singh Slathia
    Vijaypur – Chandra Prakash Ganga
    Suchetgarh (SC) – Gharu Ram Bhagat
    R.S. Pura-Jammu South – Dr. Narinder Singh Raina
    Jammu East – Yudhvir Sethi
    Nagrota – Dr. Devinder Singh Rana
    Jammu West – Arvind Gupta
    Jammu North – Sham Lal Sharma
    Akhnoor (SC) – Mohan Lal Bhagat
    Chhamb – Rajeev Sharma

    The BJP is contesting these elections with a focus on strengthening its foothold in the region. The upcoming elections are seen as crucial for the party to establish its influence and address local issues in Jammu and Kashmir.