State Congress in-charge RPN Singh and PCC president Rameshwar Oraon today met JMM executive president Hemant Soren to discuss nitty-gritties of Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) ahead of the State Assembly elections. The leaders had a closed-door discussion on the grand alliance formula for about 45 minutes here on Tuesday.
Talking to media persons after the meeting State Congress in-charge RPN Singh said that there were discussions on the formula of grand alliance was discussed. “The structure of the Grand Alliance is ready among the partners but the technicalities cannot be revealed as of now. The Grand Alliance has single mission to free Jharkhand from BJP’s misrule,” he said.
However, party insiders revealed that the two senior Congress leaders delivered the Congress High Command’s message to Soren during the meeting. “Congress led the grand alliance in Lok Sabha Elections and according to the pact between parties the JMM will lead in Assembly polls. The senior leaders of the party have, therefore, went to deliver High Command’s message to Hemant Ji,” said a senior leader requesting anonymity.
He further said that there are still several glitches among the grand alliance partners on seat sharing formula, which needs to be cleared as soon as possible. “There is a confusion over at least 10-12 seats that has to be made clear among the partners of grand alliance. The JMM wants maximum share of seats but there are senior Congress leaders who also have a keen eye on the same seats,” he added.
Meanwhile, RPN Singh convened several meetings today in the wake of Assembly polls. He met with Zonal coordinators, Media and communication department’s spokespersons and senior leaders of the party separately and gave many important instructions to them.
In the Zonal coordinators meeting Singh said that there is anguish among the masses against the incumbent government and it wants to remove the BJP government from State. He asked the coordinators to ensure proper arrangements for Congress candidates winning in their respective fields. He also asked them to connect the party with the grass-root levels.
Singh also asked the Spokespersons to make people aware of the failures of the government through print and electronic media and establish better connect with media persons.
Singh met with senior party leaders separately and asked to toil hard this time to root out the BJP government. He asked them to visit villages and strengthen the party at the grass-root level. Dr Sarfaraz Ahmed, Chandrashekhar Dubey, Dr Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu, Geeta Koda, Jaleshwar mahto, OP lala, Pradeep Tulasyan, Bonod Singh, Sanjay Pandey, Amitabh ranjan along with several senior leaders were present on the occasion.