Abhishek Angad

MHA, in its September 12 affidavit, told Jharkhand HC that “infiltration of Bangladesh nationals” had happened in Santhal Pargana since Independence, but did not mention its current status

JD(U)'s Gopal Krishna Patar got out on bail last year. He will try to retake Tamar, which he won in a 2009 bypoll, months after current MLA Vikas Munda's father was killed.

Sarma, the BJP’s co-incharge of Jharkhand elections, was speaking at a campaign event in the Kanke area of Ranchi district. In his speech, he accused Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s government of appeasing “infiltrators” as part of vote bank politics.

To make inroads in the key Jharkhand region, where it had drawn a blank in 2019, BJP is also relying on JMM turncoat and ex-CM Champai Soren dubbed as “Kolhan's tiger”

“The ‘Ranchi, Karachi' comment… These people (BJP) are intellectual people and have learnt a lot of things… We are not divided, and we will not be divided. This (Jharkhand) election, these people (the BJP) will surely be beaten.”

"People have clarity about the CM face. They know who will become the CM," says Jharkhand BJP chief and former CM.

Comprising East Singhbhum, Seraikela Kharsawan and West Singhbhum districts, the Kolhan region, where campaigning came to a close on Monday ahead of November 13 voting, sends 14 MLAs to the 81-member Assembly.

The manifesto also attacked policies of the BJP government (2014-2019) and promised to repeal the Land Acquisition Act (Jharkhand) Amendment 2017 and Land Bank Policy.

Sources say raids conducted based on June 4 FIR, registered after a woman allegedly entered India by crossing border with Bangladesh, in connivance with private agents

Khunti is one of only two ST-reserved seats that the BJP won in the 2019 Assembly elections in the state