The campaign for bypolls for Dumka and Bermo assembly seats ended on Sunday. Today, being the last day for campaign, both the ruling party and Opposition made their last hour effort to win the confidence of voters. Public meeting, road show, rallies ended today. However, door to door campaign of candidates will continue till Monday evening.
The bypolls slated for November 3, is prestige fight for both JMM and Congress as they had won Dumka and Bermo respectively on earlier occasion and as such these seats are treated as legacy seats.
The Mahagathbandhan has fielded JMM chief Shibu Soren’s younger son Basant Soren as JMM candidate from Dumka, while from Bermo late Rajendra Prasad Singh's Jaimangal Singh is contesting as Congress candidate from Bermo.
The BJP which is contesting both the seat has fielded Yogeshwar Mahto Batul from Bermo, while former minister in Raghubar Das government Louis Marandi who had represented Dumka on earlier occasion is trying her luck from Dumka seat.
Both the alliance have campaigned intensely to win the seats.
While, on the ruling faction's side it is chief minister, Hemant Soren and his father and JMM patriarch and three times chief minister Shibu Soren, the opposition along with the first Chief Minister of the State Babulal Marandi in tow, has pressed in Arjun Munda and Raghubar Das.
Of all the six Chief Ministers, the State has seen since the formation in 2000 only Madhu Koda is not engaged in high pitch campaigning this time.
The BJP volley of attack revolves around dynastic politics as both Soren and Jaimangal Singh comes from political family.
The JMM has went ahead even levelling sedition charges against state BJP president Deepak Prakash for his remark.
State Congress working president and party spokesperson Rajesh Thakur said, "The Mahagathbandhan will retain both the seats. In Bermo, the Congress candidate Jaimangal Singh is banking on symapyhy votes and work carried out by late Rajendra Babu."
However, the BJP is confident of snatching both the seats from ruling alliance.
State BJP spokesperson Pradeep Sinha said, "In just ten months, government has lost the confidence of people. Soren government one by one is withdrawing all the welfare schemes initiated by Raghubar Das government."
The BJP in the campaign is also raising the government failure in handling corona pandemic. The government is going to voters stating that the government didn't allow any single person to starve in this corona pandemic.
Chief minister Hemant Soren is also raising the the issues of auto debit of Rs 1417.50 crore from state's account by the Centre the cancellation of 11 lakh ration cards.