Overview
- Voting for the Ghatsila assembly bypoll is scheduled for November 11 following the death of JMM MLA Ramdas Soren in August.
- The contest features JMM’s Somesh Chandra Soren against BJP’s Babulal Soren, each drawing on family legacies in the constituency.
- JMM has lined up rallies by Chief Minister Hemant Soren and MLA Kalpana Soren from November 3 to 8 across East Singhbhum.
- The BJP has scheduled campaign visits by Shivraj Singh Chouhan on November 5, Suvendu Adhikari on November 6, Mithun Chakraborty on November 7, and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on November 8, with a possible Amit Shah visit on November 9.
- Hemant Soren told tribal voters the JMM represents workers rather than traders and announced plans for a Tribal University in Ghatshila and an engineering college in Musabani, as the state minority commission chief dismissed BJP’s Bangladeshi infiltration line and the BJP expelled a local minority-front leader for anti-party activity.