Congress releases 21 names for Jharkhand Assembly poll

The Congress’ Central Election Committee (CEC) on Monday released names of 21 candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly polls. Former MP Ajoy Kumar is the Congress candidate from Jamshedpur East. Munna Singh will contest from Hazaribagh. The CEC met on Monday to finalise the names of candidates. The meeting came two days after Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said INDIA bloc partners would contest upcoming polls together and the Congress and the JMM would field 70 of 81 candidates in the state.

The meeting, held at the party headquarters in the national capital, was attended by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary (in-charge, organisation) KC Venugopal, Jharkhand Congress chief Keshav Mahto Kamlesh and AICC in-charge of state Ghulam Ahmad Mir, among other senior leaders from the state.