Curtains come down on campaigning for 43 of 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand
women, Kumar said, adding that 24 booths will be manned by handicapped people.
He said since the implementation of the Model Code of Conduct, a total of Rs 179.14 crore worth of illegal material and cash has been seized.
Till Monday, 54 cases have been registered for violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
Both the NDA and INDIA bloc pulled out all the stops to ensure their victories in the upcoming elections with the former concentrating on “infiltration, corruption and scams” while the latter focused on tribal rights and welfare issues and how they were being harassed.
Prime Minister Modi did a mega road show in Ranchi on Sunday which attracted huge crowds.
Apart from PM and other senior leaders, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who is BJP’s election co-in-charge and several CMs of the saffron party-ruled states did intensive campaigning.
JMM executive president and state Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his wife and JMM legislator Kalpana Soren addressed multiple rallies.
Key factors that are likely to influence the election include the BJP’s central welfare schemes and the arrest and subsequent bail of Soren by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ruling alliance claims the arrest was politically motivated, as Soren was detained in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land fraud.
In the 2019 assembly elections, the contest was close, with the JMM winning 30 seats and the BJP securing 25, down from 37 in 2014. The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance won a comfortable majority with 47 seats.
Currently, the strength of the assembly stands at 74, with the JMM-led ruling alliance comprising 44 members — 26 from the JMM, 17 from Congress, and one from RJD.
