RANCHI: As preparations for the Assembly polls intensify in the state, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress have announced their decision to contest 70 seats together. Meanwhile, the RJD and the left parties have been allocated 11 seats.

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The INDIA bloc's campaign in Jharkhand faces turmoil as JMM and Congress announce a seat-sharing deal excluding RJD and Left parties. Tejashwi Yadav's

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren announced that his party JMM and the Congress will contest 70 out of 81 seats in the state

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has expressed strong displeasure over the seat-sharing arrangements with its allies, the Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections.

Fissures surfaced among INDIA bloc partners ahead of the Jharkhand assembly elections as the RJD on Saturday expressed disappointment over the announcement of JMM and Congress contesting 70 of 81 seats in the state.

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CM Hemant Soren declares that JMM and Congress will contest 70 seats and that the remaining 11 seats have been left for other INDIA allies; seat break-up not disclosed; RJD calls it “unilateral”

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren on Saturday said that the INDIA bloc will contest the upcoming assembly polls together and the Congress and the JMM will field candidates in 70 of 81 seats, leaving 11 seats for RJD and Left parties.

A rift seemed to have emerged within the INDIA bloc on Saturday as the RJD is dissatisfied with JMM and Congress' decision to contest a majority of seats in the upcoming Jharkhand assembly polls without consulting them.