Ranchi, June 25: The Jharkhand unit of the Congress has started preparations to contest 33 out of 81 seats in the assembly elections to be held in the state later this year. A senior party leader gave this information on Tuesday. The Congress contested 31 seats in the 2019 assembly elections in alliance with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
Congress’ Jharkhand in-charge Ghulam Ahmed Mir told reporters, “We contested 31 seats in Jharkhand in the last assembly elections. After this, two more MLAs joined the party. So, currently Congress has 33 seats and we have started preparations on them.” He said that the number of seats Congress will contest will be decided by the final seat sharing agreement.
Mir had come to meet former Chief Minister Hemant Soren at Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi.
Mir said that detailed discussions were held with the party high command in Delhi on Monday regarding the Jharkhand assembly elections. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, former party president Rahul Gandhi and general secretary (organization) KC Venugopal gave suggestions to the Jharkhand leaders to strengthen the organization in the state and win maximum seats for the party in the upcoming assembly elections.
Assembly elections are to be held in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand later this year. The term of the Jharkhand Assembly will end on January 5, 2025.