The District Collectorate witnessed huge crowd throughout the day as thousands of people gathered there in support of their candidates, who came to file their nomination paper for the third phase of the State Assembly elections on Friday.
Candidates from almost all prominent parties filed their nomination papers for Ranchi, Hatia, Khijri, Mandar and Kanke constituencies in the State Capital.
Among the candidates who filed the nomination papers were Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Ranchi Assembly constituency the State Minister for Urban Development and Housing, CP Singh, BJP candidate Navin Jaisawal filed nomination from Hatia Assembly constituency, BJP candidate from Khijri Assembly constituency Ramkumar Pahan and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate from Silli constituency, Seema Mahto.
JMM, Executive president, Hemant Soren and JMM General Secretary, Supriyo Bhattacharya also accompanied Mahto while she was filing her nomination paper. Seema Mahto defeated AJSU Party Chief, Sudesh Kumar Mahto in 2018 in the State Assembly by-election. Apart from these, Varsha Gaadi filed nomination on AJSU Party ticket. She will contest against BJP candidate, CP Singh and JMM candidate from Ranchi, Mahua Maji. AJSU Party candidate from Kanke Assembly constituency Ramjit Ganjhu also filed nomination paper from the seat. The party candidate from Hatia Assembly constituency Kashinath Sahu also filed his nomination from the seat who will contest against BJP candidate Jaisawal and Congress candidate Ajay Nath Shahdeo. Ramdhan Bedia of AJSU Party filed nominations from Khijri Assembly constituency who will contest against BJP’s Ramkumar Pahan and Congress candidate Rajesh Kachhap.
While former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi led Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) fielded Antu Tirkey from the seat who filed his nomination paper on Monday.
CPI (ML) also fielded its candidate, Jagarnath Oraon from the seat. BJP’s ally Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) also fielded its candidate from Khizri assembly seat. Ram Vilas Paswan’s party LJP has given ticket to Pramod Ekka.