Jharkhand election result highlights: BJP loses to JMM-Congress, CM resigns
JMM-led alliance, which includes Congress and RJD, on Monday won an absolute majority in the Jharkhand elections by winning 47 seats in 81-member assembly
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Congress workers celebrate their lead in the Jharkhand Assembly Elections results, at party headquarters in Ranchi, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019 | Photo: PTI
The JMM-led three-party alliance stormed to power in Jharkhand on Monday, ousting the BJP in yet another state.
Contesting the state assembly elections alone for the first time sans long-standing ally the AJSU Party, the ruling BJP bagged 25 seats, five less than the JMM which led the table, clinching 30 in the 81-member House.
Das tendered his resignation and accepted defeat.
"I met Governor Droupadi Murmu and submitted my resignation. The governor asked me to be caretaker CM till the new government is formed," he told reporters outside Raj Bhavan, with defeat staring him in the face in his pocket borough of Jamshedpur (East) seat.
The BJP, which had posted a spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha election in the middle of the year, was yet to score a convincing triumph in an assembly election since.
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Raghubar Das after tendering his resignation as Jharkhand CM
"People's mandate has not been in favour of BJP, but whatever has been the verdict of the people, we respect it. I hope Hemant Soren and his govt will work to fulfill the dreams of the people"
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JMM working president Hemant Soren wins Dumka seat, defeats BJP's Lois Marandi by 13,188 votes
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Jharkhand results show people are with non-BJP parties: Sharad Pawar
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Verdict against NRC, CAA: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the Jharkhand Assembly poll results appeared to be a verdict against the NRC and CAA. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo said BJP leaders had "aggressively" campaigned in the last two phases of the Jharkhand Assembly polls, raising the issues of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). "So it appears that the people of at least one state have conclusively given their verdict that they do not want it (CAA and NRC)," he said at a press conference. Kejriwal congratulated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM) Hemant Soren for the poll victory and said the BJP's electoral loss meant that its government did not perform well in Jharkhand.
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Grateful to Lalu Yadav, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others for their support: Hemant Soren
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We will decide on the future course of action soon: Hemant Soren
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I thank voters for giving a clear mandate: Hemant Soren
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Hemant Soren addresses media
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First Published: Dec 23 2019 | 6:47 AM IST
