Mahagathbandhan parties united to fight against BJP: Ajoy Kumar

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, April 11 : Congress State president Ajoy Kumar on Thursday said that Mahagathbandhan parties will together win 10 to 12 seats, and there will be no division of Opposition votes. Addressing a press meet here he said that all the parties under the alliance will fight against BJP led NDA in the election.

Jharkhand goes to the polls in four phases from April 29 to May 19. The Congress, which has tied together a multi-party alliance in the State, is hoping to garner maximum seats this time.

�Our alliance will get at least 10-12 seats and Congress alone will get close to four or five. The BJP has no vote of its own and they were winning only because the Opposition votes were getting split between Congress, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and RJD. This time we are fighting together and we will not allow any split of votes. The last time we had JMM together but we did not have the others. Among the last six by-elections the opposition alliance has won five assembly seats,� said Kumar.

He added that the people of the country are reeling under Modi regime. � Even frustration against the State government is very high. Jharkhand particularly is badly hit by many of the Union government�s policies like the Demonetization, Land Acquisition Act, weakening of tribal land rights, agriculture and so on. So there are multiple factors why the Jharkhand voter is looking for a change and we hope they will support us,� said the State president.

Jamshedpur candidate of Mahagathbandhan, Champai Soren said that the people are tired of the tall claims made by the BJP government but without actually delivering on any of them. He expressed confidence of his victory.