BJP releases list of 52 nominees for Jharkhand Assembly polls, CM Das nominee from Jamshedpur East

Ranchi ( Jharkhand) : The  BJP on November 10, 2019, released names of its 52 candidates for the Jharrkhand Assembly poll. The party has denied tickets to its  ten sitting MLAs. Jharkhand Assembly polls for 81 seats will be held in five phases with the first phase scheduled for November 30, 2019, and the 5th on December 20, 2019. The results will be declared on December 23.

The BJP MLAs refused tickets are : Tala Marandi (Boria), Ganesh Ganju (Simaria), Jai Prakadh Bhokta (Chatra), Phulchand Mahto (Sindri), Sanjiv Singh (Jharia), Laxman Tuddu (Ghatshila), Shiv Shankar Oraon (Gumla), former minister Vimla Pradhan (Simdega), Hare Krishna Singh (Manika) and senior legislator Radha Krishna Kishore, brother-in-law of BJP MP from Palamu V D Ram, a former DGP.

The list includes names of Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das (Jamshedpur East), Jharkhand BJP Chief Laxman Gilua (Chakradharpur), Ragini Singh (wife of sitting MLA Sanjiv Singh, who is in Dhanbad Jail) from Jharia, sitting MLA and former senior leader of Congress Manoj Yadav from Barhi. C P Singh has ben fielded from Ranchi while Dhullu Mahto is BJP nominee from Baghmara.

Congress also released its first list which includes name of former DG Rameshwar Oraon from Lohardagga, former ministers CS Dubey (Vishrampur )and K N Tripathy(Daltonganj).