By Admin 
Political turmoil has intensified regarding Assam Assembly elections. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has made it clear that it will contest the elections alone this time. There were definitely attempts for an alliance with Congress, but things did not work out.
The top leadership of JMM had talked to the leaders of the Indian National Congress. Several rounds of discussions took place between the two parties regarding seat distribution and strategy, but no consensus could be reached. After this JMM decided to contest the elections alone.
Candidates fielded on 19 seats
JMM has announced to field its candidates on 19 seats in Assam. The party has also got the bow and arrow election symbol and the process of giving symbols to the candidates has been started. Party’s Central General Secretary Vinod Pandey handed over election symbols to the candidates.
Major candidates announced
The party has also declared the names of candidates on some important seats. Preeti Rekha Barla has been given ticket from Majbat assembly seat. Baldev Teli has been made the candidate from Sonari seat. Apart from this, JMM has decided to leave one seat for CPIML as an ally.
Eye on tea plantation and tribal votes
JMM’s strategy is to focus specifically on the tea plantation areas of Assam and the T-tribe and tribal vote banks living there. The party hopes that its influence in these areas will help in the election results.
The interesting thing is that in Jharkhand, JMM and Congress are running the government together, but in Assam both the parties are contesting elections separately. It is clear from this that political equations are changing according to the states.
Voting for the assembly elections in Assam is to be held on 9 April. The last date for nomination is today, so all the parties are rapidly finalizing their candidates.