RANCHI: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which is running an alliance govt in the state, on Monday withdrew from Bihar assembly elections after a stalemate over their seat-sharing deal with INDIA bloc partners.
The decision comes two days after the party announced it will go solo and notified six seats for fielding candidates but kept the window open for reconciliation with allies RJD and Congress.
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An hour after the second phase of nomination ended on Monday, senior JMM legislator and state urban development minister Sudivya Kumar accused RJD and Congress of ‘misleading’ and ‘duping’ JMM and announced the withdrawal.
“Unfortunately, JMM won’t be part of the Bihar polls despite my intentions and plans. This is only because of RJD’s political immaturity. Congress, being a key alliance of INDIA bloc, should have mediated to accommodate JMM in Bihar elections, but we are sorry to say that it too did nothing,” said Kumar.
“While the outcome of Bihar polls is still to be seen with weakened INDIA bloc sans JMM, the way JMM and its workers were humiliated today, there will certainly be repercussion in Jharkhand’s politics in coming days,” he said.
On why JMM didn’t go ahead with nominations despite announcing to go solo two days ago, he said that as part of the coalition dharma, they expected RJD, which is the biggest party of INDIA bloc, would reciprocate the way we did them in Jharkhand.
“Now, JMM won’t be part of any political activities for Bihar polls,” he said, reminding both RJD and Congress how on their request chief minister and JMM president Hemant Soren had attended Rahul Gandhi’s Vote Adhikaar Yatra’s concluding rally in Bihar.
“Hemant Sorenji and JMM has always been following coalition dharma. Even when RJD had one MLA in 2019, we gave them seat in cabinet. Again now, we accommodated them. But what we got is deceit,” he said.
In 2020 Bihar polls too, JMM was promised three seats, but later, Congress and RJD backtracked and distributed among themselves.
JMM leaders including party general secretary Vinod Pandey on Oct 7 had a detailed discussion with RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav and others in Patna on seat-sharing deal.
During that meeting, JMM presented a list of 28 seats where tribals play a crucial role and how JMM can make a difference to stop BJP (NDA) on these seats.
Of 28, RJD remained second on 27 seats in last elections, JMM said. “With JMM on board, there was possibility of a good show this time,” Roy added.
The decision comes two days after the party announced it will go solo and notified six seats for fielding candidates but kept the window open for reconciliation with allies RJD and Congress.
Video
An hour after the second phase of nomination ended on Monday, senior JMM legislator and state urban development minister Sudivya Kumar accused RJD and Congress of ‘misleading’ and ‘duping’ JMM and announced the withdrawal.
“Unfortunately, JMM won’t be part of the Bihar polls despite my intentions and plans. This is only because of RJD’s political immaturity. Congress, being a key alliance of INDIA bloc, should have mediated to accommodate JMM in Bihar elections, but we are sorry to say that it too did nothing,” said Kumar.
“While the outcome of Bihar polls is still to be seen with weakened INDIA bloc sans JMM, the way JMM and its workers were humiliated today, there will certainly be repercussion in Jharkhand’s politics in coming days,” he said.
On why JMM didn’t go ahead with nominations despite announcing to go solo two days ago, he said that as part of the coalition dharma, they expected RJD, which is the biggest party of INDIA bloc, would reciprocate the way we did them in Jharkhand.
“Now, JMM won’t be part of any political activities for Bihar polls,” he said, reminding both RJD and Congress how on their request chief minister and JMM president Hemant Soren had attended Rahul Gandhi’s Vote Adhikaar Yatra’s concluding rally in Bihar.
“Hemant Sorenji and JMM has always been following coalition dharma. Even when RJD had one MLA in 2019, we gave them seat in cabinet. Again now, we accommodated them. But what we got is deceit,” he said.
In 2020 Bihar polls too, JMM was promised three seats, but later, Congress and RJD backtracked and distributed among themselves.
JMM leaders including party general secretary Vinod Pandey on Oct 7 had a detailed discussion with RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav and others in Patna on seat-sharing deal.
During that meeting, JMM presented a list of 28 seats where tribals play a crucial role and how JMM can make a difference to stop BJP (NDA) on these seats.
Of 28, RJD remained second on 27 seats in last elections, JMM said. “With JMM on board, there was possibility of a good show this time,” Roy added.
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