Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday lashed out on the Congress, accusing the grand previous social gathering of getting a “tradition of selling election tickets”.
In accordance with a PTI report, Congress MLA from Jharkhand’s Barhi meeting seat Umashankar Akela claimed he was denied a ticket for not having the ability to pay ₹2 crore donation to the social gathering.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Reacting to Akela’s claims, Sarma mentioned,”This is nothing new… Congress has a long-standing tradition of selling around 20 per cent of its tickets. It happens in every state.”
The Assam chief minister, who’s the BJP’s co-incharge in poll-bound Jharkhand, mentioned,”NDA fields one candidate per seat, the INDIA bloc is struggling with seat-sharing disputes.”
Akela, who was denied a ticket, claimed he would have ensured one if he may pay the alleged sum. However the Congress rejected his allegations, attributing his exclusion to poor efficiency.
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NDA vs INDIA direct combat in Jharkhand
The meeting election in Jharkhand will witness a direct contest between the INDIA bloc and NDA.
As per the seat-sharing association in NDA, BJP will contest 68 seats, AJSU will combat on 10 seats, JD(U) on two and LJP (Ram Vilas) will contest one seat.
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Within the INDIA bloc, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress will contest 70 out of 81 seats and remaining will likely be contested by allies.
The Jharkhand meeting polls will likely be held in two phases – November 13 and November 20 – with the counting of votes on November 23.
As many as 433 candidates filed nomination papers for the 43 meeting constituencies within the first part until Thursday.
The submitting of nominations for the second part started on October 22 and can proceed until October 29.
2019 Jharkhand meeting election outcomes
In 2019, the JMM-led alliance received 47 seats, wresting energy from the BJP. The BJP had secured 25 seats, JVM-P three, AJSU Get together two, and the CPI (ML) and NCP one every, apart from two Independents rising victorious.
(With PTI inputs)