Jharkhand polls: BJP set to contest all 81 Assembly seats

Ranchi: The BJP on Sunday said it would fight in all the 81 Assembly seats in Jharkhand in the coming polls. [caption id=“attachment_1773871” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Jharkhand begins voting on 25 November. Reuters[/caption] “We will contest in all the seats,” BJP National vice president and former deputy chief minister Raghuvar Das told PTI, adding that the party’s panchayat level booth conferences were being held. The five-phase election in Jharkhand begins on 25 November. This is the third Assembly election after the state was carved out of Bihar on 15 November, 2000. The BJP formed the first coalition government under Babulal Marandi and Arjun Munda had been the head of BJP-led coalitions thrice. PTI