Shock to India alliance before Lok Sabha elections
The party OF INDIA' target='_blank' title='communist party of india-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">communist party of india (CPI) on sunday broke ties with the opposition Alliance india and announced that it will contest 8 out of 14 lok sabha seats in the upcoming elections. cpi has no lok sabha mp from Jharkhand. cpi state secretary Mahendra Pathak told PTI, “We have decided to contest the lok sabha elections on our own.
cpi will field candidates on 8 lok sabha seats
Mahendra Pathak said that bjp has announced its candidates, but congress and the 'Grand Alliance' have not yet held any talks on seat sharing. Therefore, we have decided to contest the elections alone. He said this decision was taken in the meeting of the state executive committee of the party. cpi will field its candidates in Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Chatra, Palamu, Giridih, Dumka and Jamshedpur.
Candidates will be announced after march 16
cpi State Secretary said that the names of the candidates will be announced after march 16. Let us tell you that out of 14 seats in Jharkhand, bjp has 11, AJSU party has one, JMM has one and congress has one seat. However, congress has only one MP. Geeta Koda has recently joined BJP.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha raised questions on CPI
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has raised questions on the separation of CPI. JMM spokesperson Manoj Pandey said that it is beyond my understanding that the state unit can take such decisions. Whereas seat sharing is already being discussed at the national level. This decision of the state unit of cpi raises questions on discipline within the party.