In the jharkhand assembly elections, RJD will contest the elections under the india alliance. On Monday, an agreement was reached between former bihar Deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and jharkhand chief minister hemant Soren at their residence on Kan Road. If sources are to be believed, it is expected that the seat sharing in the alliance will be announced today. RJD had expressed displeasure towards JMM and congress over the seat sharing for the jharkhand assembly elections. Expressing its disappointment over the issue, Lalu Prasad-led RJD said on sunday (October 20) that it would not settle for less than 12 constituencies.

JMM and congress will contest on 70 seats

JMM and congress on saturday (October 19) announced that both the parties will contest on 70 of the 81 assembly seats in the state, leaving the remaining seats for their allies including RJD. At the same time, RJD spokesperson Manoj Kumar Jha, expressing displeasure over the issue of seat sharing, said, "We are not accepting anything less than 12-13 seats because our party has a strong hold on 18-20 seats."

We will not harm india Block - Manoj Jha

Manoj Jha further said, "If we are asked to contest on three-four seats, we are not ready to make any sacrifice." However, he also said that our only aim is to defeat the BJP, we will not harm india Block. Even if the party decides to contest alone, it will support india Block candidates on 60-62 seats. "Last time RJD contested on 7 seats

Last time in the jharkhand assembly elections, RJD contested on seven seats and won one. Its mla satyanand Bhokta is a minister in the hemant Soren cabinet. Manoj Jha had further said that the developments saddened him as his party was not consulted despite the sacrifices made during the 2019 elections when it agreed to contest seven seats.''

The RJD leader said, ''There are no allegations of corruption against our only minister here, satyanand Bhokta. RJD also played a key role in the formation of india Block and in making Jharkhand's hemant Soren the Chief Minister. We are natural opponents of the BJP. We accepted jail for our leaders instead of bowing down. We expected a respectable share. We had cordial talks with the cm but despite this, a unilateral decision was taken in seat sharing.'' Let us tell you that elections will be held in jharkhand in two phases. Voting will be held in the state on november 13 and 20 while the counting of votes will take place on november 23.