Jharkhand assembly polls: JMM releases first list of 35 candidates

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Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and his wife, Kalpana Soren, are among the 35 candidates of the ruling party in the state and would contest from Barhait and Gandey seats..

The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) late on Tuesday released its first list of 35 candidates for the next months assembly elections, retaining 21 legislators including five ministers..

It announced its candidates hours after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav said the constituents of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) have arrived at a consensus on the sharing of seats in Jharkhand..

The comments came even as constituents of the JMM-led bloc, which includes the RJD, the Congress, and the Communist Party of India (MarxistLeninist) Liberation or CPI(ML), released their lists of candidates..

On Saturday, Hemant Soren announced the JMM and Congress will fight 70 of the 81 assembly seats while the remaining 11 would be set aside for RJD and the Left parties..

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