MP Mahua Maji on Sunday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing the saffron party of struggling to find a suitable candidate to contest against chief minister Hemant Soren in the upcoming state assembly elections.

Two former chief ministers, Babulal Marandi and Champai Soren, are among BJP's list of 66 candidates for the Jharkhand elections released on Saturday evening. Mr Soren, a former aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren,

Babulal Marandi, the BJP's Jharkhand president and candidate from Dhanwar, has sharply criticised the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). He accused them of exploiting the state's resources over the last five years.

"BJP is finding no suitable candidate to field against Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Barhait seat. Actually, the work done by the chief minister has scared BJP leaders. I have heard that the saffron party asked several senior leaders to contest against Hemant Soren but all have declined,

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The BJP has announced its first list of 99 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly election on November 20. Key figures attended a crucial NDA meeting to finalize the seat distribution. The election will be a significant two-way battle between Maha Vikas Aghadi and Maha Yuti Alliance.

The BJP, which announced its first list of 66 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections on Saturday, is contesting the polls in alliance with the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), Janata Dal (United) (JD-U),