Ahead of the Election Commission's announcement of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections today, BJP leader Pratul Shah Deo attacked the ruling party JMM citing misrule, corruption, mismanagement and stated that JMM will face a crushing defeat and Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Soren is the last prince of the dynasty after the vote.
Speaking to ANI, BJP leader Pratul Shah Deo said, “We are fully prepared as elections were scheduled here and the term of the assembly ends on January 5, so elections should be held before that. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is in panic. that it has been officially published that it is a murder of democracy and that they are holding early elections.”
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“His reign of misrule, corruption, mismanagement and looting is coming to an end and the BJP is enjoying enormous success. It is clear that Hemant Soren will prove to be the last prince of the Soren dynasty and the JMM will face a crushing defeat,” said FAZER.
Congress leader Atul Londe also spoke to ANI about Maha Bikash Aghadi's preparations in Maharashtra and said, “Maha Bikash Aghadi's preparations are almost complete. The seat sharing formula is also almost finalized. We are fully prepared and so are the people. Fully prepared this government is breathing its last in Maharashtra.” People are very intelligent, they understand everything.
Expressing confidence in the formation of the government following the poll results: “We are completely confident that we will form the government. The people of Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh will give the same mandate, the people of Maharashtra will also give the mandate. More than the mandate.”
NCP-SCP leader Anil Deshmukh echoed the same and said, “Maha Bikash Aghadi is fully prepared (for the elections). Elements of Maha Bikash Aghadi, Congress, NCP-SCP and Shiv Sena (UBT), along with other parties, will contest the elections together.”
“The people of Maharashtra are angry now… Farmers are angry because of inflation… Big industries that could have come to Maharashtra have gone to other states. This has harmed the youth here. We will. Form the government in Maharashtra,” said Deshmukh.
Meanwhile, the BJP Central Election Committee meeting will discuss the names of candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held at the BJP national headquarters here on Tuesday evening.
Prime Minister Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, BJP state election in-charge Shivraj Singh Chouhan, co-in-charge Himanta Biswa Sharma and other members of the CEC will participate in the meeting.
Before this important CEC meeting, the BJP leadership held a Jharkhand core group meeting at their residence under the leadership of BJP national president JP Nadda on October 7.
Earlier, the Jharkhand BJP unit had prepared a list of three candidates from each constituency in Jharkhand On October 7, in an important meeting with BJP president JP Nadda, the state BJP unit finalized the name of one of the three, sources told ANI.
A meeting was held at the residence of BJP National President JP Nadda in which Union Minister Sanjay Seth, Annapurna Devi, leader Babu Lal Marandi and other leaders of Jharkhand, including leaders of the Jharkhand unit, were present. BJP National General Secretary (Organization) BL Santosh was also present.
The Election Commission will announce the schedule for Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections on Tuesday.
Election Commission officials convened a press conference at Plenary Hall, Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi at 3:30 pm to announce the schedule for Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections.
The term of the Maharashtra Assembly will end on November 26, and the term of the Jharkhand Assembly will end on January 5, 2025.
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