THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Ranchi, Sept 28: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who is also BJP’s Jharkhand election co in-charge announced on Saturday that the BJP will contest the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections in alliance with its NDA partners, AJSU Party and Janata Dal (United).
Sarma mentioned that the seat-sharing agreement with the allies is almost finalized.
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He spoke to reporters in Ranchi, stating, “The BJP will contest the Jharkhand elections in alliance with AJSU Party and JD(U). The seat-sharing agreement with the allies has been done on 99 per cent of the seats. Discussions are underway for the remaining one or two seats and it will be finalised soon”.
Sarma stated that a formal announcement will be made on this matter after ‘Pitri Paksha,’ which concludes on October 2.
The elections for Jharkhand’s 81-member assembly are set to be held later this year.
