Alliance experiment on test for BJP; Cong banks on turncoats in Jharkhand in 6th phase polls - News Summed Up

Alliance experiment on test for BJP; Cong banks on turncoats in Jharkhand in 6th phase polls


Dhanbad and Giridh Lok Sabha seats in North Chhotangapur (also called Koylanchal) and Jamshedpur and Singhbhum in Kolhan division will go to polls on Sunday. Read: Full coverage of Lok Sabha electionsAll the four seats going to polls in the sixth phase are currently held by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Read: All you need to know about JharkhandIn 2014, the Ajsu party candidate had received just over 50,000 votes. While the BJP contested 2014 assembly polls in a pre-poll alliance with Ajsu, the saffron party has allied with the party in Lok Sabha poll for the first time. In the run up the polls, both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressed election rallies at the same venue in Chaibasa under Singhbhum Lok Sabha seat.


Source: Hindustan Times May 11, 2019 14:03 UTC



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