'WAS KEPT IN DARK BY RJD, CONGRESS': JMM OPTS OUT OF BIHAR ELECTIONS

In a development that could have a bearing on the INDIA bloc arrangement in Jharkhand, the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has pulled out of the Bihar assembly election, accusing its alliance partners Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress of ‘political shrewdness’ and keeping the tribal party in dark about seat sharing till the last minute.

- Vishal Kant

The development comes two days after the JMM announced that it would go solo and field candidates in six constituencies of the 243 member Bihar assembly. However, none from the party filed nomination, even as O