BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party to fight Jharkhand elections solo on 50 seats

BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will fight the upcoming Jharkhand elections alone on 50 seats. LJP National President and Jamui, Bihar, Member of Parliament Chirag Paswan today took to Twitter to make the announcement.

झारखंड में चुनाव लड़ने का आख़िरी फ़ैसला प्रदेश इकाई को लेना था।लोक जनशक्ति पार्टी झारखंड प्रदेश इकाई ने यह फ़ैसला लिया है पार्टी 50 सीटों पर अकेले चुनाव लड़ेगी।आज शाम तक पार्टी के उमीदवारों की पहली सूची का एलान हो जाएगा।

— Chirag Paswan (@ichiragpaswan) November 12, 2019

Paswan tweeted that the final decision regarding the upcoming Jharkhand elections was to be taken up by the state unit of LJP. The Jharkhand unit of the party decided to go contest elections alone on 50 seats.

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He even said that by end of the day the party will release first list of candidates.

The 2019 Jharkhand Assembly elections will be held in 5 phases to elect 81 members from 30th November to 20th December. The results will be declared on 23rd December.