Dec 23, 2019 8:14 PM

Local issues played a role in Jharkhand defeat: BJP

The BJP on Monday attributed its loss in the Jharkhand assembly polls to "local issues", and said, "internal strife" also appeared to have a significant impact in the state, where the JMM-Congress alliance is set to form the government.

Party spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao said the BJP will analyse in detail factors for the loss in the state but added that the lack of an alliance against a united opposition also had a role.

"Inability of local leadership to convince the electorate for repeat of the mandate and internal strife within the party also appeared to have a significant fall out. A detailed analysis will be done," he said.

Dec 23, 2019 8:01 PM

Opposition parties must join forces, BJP not unbeatable: Chidambaram

After the JMM-Congress alliance in Jharkhand headed towards a majority, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said the BJP is not unbeatable and urged opposition parties to join forces against the ruling saffron party.

Chidambaram, after taking part in a DMK-led rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Chennai, said his party was happy about the electoral outcome in Jharkhand.

"We are very happy and we congratulate and thank the people of Jharkhand for giving the JMM-Congress alliance an overwhelming mandate," he told reporters at the Tamil Nadu

Congress Committee headquarters.

The Congress-JMM alliance has been given a "resounding victory and we are very very happy," he said.

"The BJP is not unbeatable. If all opposition parties rally together and understand the dangers faced by the country and come together; surely the BJP can be defeated and the BJP will be defeated in future elections also," he said.

Dec 23, 2019 7:21 PM

Raghubar Das concedes defeat

Conceding loss in the assembly polls, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday said it was his defeat, not of the BJP. As per the latest trends available on the Election Commission website, Das was trailing BJP rebel candidate and former minister Saryu Roy by over 10,000 votes in Jamshedpur (East) constituency. "It is not BJP's defeat, it is my defeat," Das told reporters at a press conference.

Dec 23, 2019 7:13 PM

PM Modi congratulates Hemant Soren

Dec 23, 2019 6:54 PM

BJP respects Jharkhand mandate: Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah said on Monday his party respects the mandate of Jharkhand voters, as it lost to the rival JMM-Congress alliance in the assembly elections.

In a tweet, Shah also expressed his gratitude to the people of Jharkhand for giving the BJP a chance to govern the state for five years and asserted that his party remains committed to its development.

He also lauded BJP workers for their "untiring" efforts in the assembly polls.

As per the latest trends, the BJP has won or is ahead in 25 seats while the rival JMM-Congress alliance appears set to win a majority of seats in the 81-member state assembly.

The BJP had won 37 seats in the 2014 assembly polls.

Dec 23, 2019 6:40 PM

On the issue of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and the National Register of Citizens, Soren says, "We will have to study NRC and CAA, only then will we decide on its implementation."

Dec 23, 2019 6:03 PM

Hemant Soren Wins from Dumka

Hemant Soren wins from Dumka constituency defeating BJP's Louis Marandi.

Dec 23, 2019 5:53 PM

Hemant Soren speaks to CNN-News18 after JMM emerges the single largest party in the Jharkhand Assembly.

Dec 23, 2019 5:51 PM

BJP's Aparna Sengupta makes a mark in Left bastion Nirsa##BJP's Aparna Sengupta makes a mark in Left bastion Nirsa

Bharatiya Janata Party's Aparna Sengupta took a lead in the Left bastion Nirsa in Jharkhand assembly by 15,429 votes over Marxist Coordination Committee's Arup Chatterjee.

Chatterjee, a senior party leader, had won the 2014 assembly election from Nirsa, known as the coal belt of India, by only 1,035 votes. The Nirsa assembly constituency in Dhanbad is considered an MCC stronghold, where the party has never lost since 1990, except once in 2004.

The veteran leader late Gurudas Chatterjee won continuously from 1990 before being assassinated in the year 2000. Since then, his son Arup Chatterjee has represented the seat.

Only in the 2004 assembly election did Arup lose to Forward Bloc candidate Aparna Sengupta, wife of slain All India Forward Bloc leader Sushanta Sengupta.

Aparna in 2015 left All India Forward Bloc to join the BJP. Before her, Binay Singh was the BJP face in Nirsa and had been working for the party for two decades.

Dec 23, 2019 5:05 PM

Hemant cycles to parents' house to seek blessings##Hemant cycles to parents' house to seek blessings

Opposition alliance chief ministerial candidate and JMM Executive President Hemant Soren on Monday met his parents in Ranchi and took their blessings.

Hemant, wearing jeans and a coat, took a clycle ride to reach his father's residence.

The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance is leading in 46 seats. The state has 81-member Assembly elections for which were held in five phases.

Hemant's father and JMM chief Shibu Soren's residence is located at Morabadi ground in the city.

Hemant Soren is leading from Dumka and Barhait assembly seats. He is leading over 12,000 votes in Barhait and more than 700 votes in Dumka.

He is likely to become Chief Minister for a second time.

Dec 23, 2019 4:57 PM

Torpa assembly seat: BJP's Koche Munda wins, defeats JMM's Sandeep Guria by over 9600 votes##Torpa assembly seat: BJP's Koche Munda wins, defeats JMM's Sandeep Guria by over 9600 votes

BJP's Koche Munda wins Torpa seat, defeating Sudeep Guria of the JMM by 9,630 votes in the first result declared by the Election Commission.

Dec 23, 2019 4:33 PM

Chdambaram urges all non-BJP parties to rally around Congress to save Constitution##Chdambaram urges all non-BJP parties to rally around Congress to save Constitution

Dec 23, 2019 4:32 PM

Jharkhand rejected misleading politics of Modi-Shah: Gehlot##Jharkhand rejected misleading politics of Modi-Shah: Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who arrived in the national capital to participate in Congress' 'Satyagrah' over the Citizenship Amendmend Act and National Register of Citizens on Monday said that the current trend says after people of Maharashtra and Haryana and now Jharkhand has rejected the misleading politics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah as people are tired of their divisive politics.

Speaking to media at the party headquarters here, Gehlot said: "During Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly polls a message has gone to the entire country that they (Modi and Shah) are misleading the people on the issues of nationalism, Article 370, and their campaign has not agenda. While Rahul Gandhi raised the issues what the common citizens faced."

Slamming the BJP, the Rajasthan Chief Minister said that whether its Maharashtra and Haryana, these two states gave the message that their "agenda" was not going to work.

"The people of Jharkhand were unhappy and everyone knew that the Congress is going to win. They pressed their entire resources in Jharkhand but the message of Sonia Gandhi went to the people. The way in which they are misleading the people, even Prime Minister Narendra Modi misled the people from Ramlila Maidan, but we got a clear mandate in Jharkhand," he said.

Dec 23, 2019 4:25 PM

'Victory of people,' says Hemant Soren as JMM emerges as the largest party##'Victory of people,' says Hemant Soren as JMM emerges as the largest party

JMM chief Hemant Soren said the election trends are a victory of the people.

"This is a victory of the people of Jharkhand towards making a socially inclusive equitable state on the vision of Guruji and each and everyone who fought and formed this state," Soren told CNN-News18 said.

Based on the latest trends, JMM is leading in 29 seats while the BJP is leading in 23 seats.

Dec 23, 2019 4:13 PM

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