State Bureau, Ranchi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has deployed all its star campaigners for the second phase of election campaigning. Film actor and Bengal BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty is campaigning from Dhanbad to Jamtara, focusing on areas with a significant Bengali-speaking population in the Santhal Pargana region.
Similarly, Madhya Pradesh Minister Mohan Yadav is campaigning in regions with a strong presence of this community. In BJP state president Babulal Marandi’s constituency, Dhanwar, prominent leaders like Shobha Yadav are camping to strengthen the party’s position.
Leaders from Bihar, representing the Mallah (fishermen) community, have also arrived to campaign in Rajmahal, given the community’s substantial presence in the area. These leaders are also being sent to other constituencies as needed. BJP’s central leadership has mobilized its teams from across the country to assist in the Jharkhand elections.
Champai Soren Focuses on Santhal Pargana
Former Chief Minister Champai Soren, after completing campaigning in his constituency, has shifted focus to the Santhal Pargana region, where a significant number of Santhal tribal voters reside. Soren is strongly raising concerns about the harm caused to tribal communities by Bangladeshi infiltration. Other tribal leaders from the Kolhan region are also actively campaigning across the constituencies in the second phase.
JP Nadda’s Rally in Kasmar Today
BJP’s National President and Union Minister JP Nadda will address an election rally in Kasmar Block, Bokaro District, today. Preparations are complete for the rally in support of NDA candidate Dr. Lambodar Mahto from the Gomia Assembly constituency. The rally will take place in Sapahitand on Sunday.
On Saturday, administrative officials, along with BJP and AJSU leaders, inspected the venue. Assembly coordinator Laxman Nayak stated that the rally will also feature AJSU chief Sudesh Kumar Mahto, Bihar Minister Nitin Navin, and NDA candidate Dr. Lambodar Mahto.
Former CM Madhu Koda Campaigns with Geeta Koda in Pakuria
All political parties have intensified their campaigns for the second phase of elections. Former Chief Minister Madhu Koda, along with his wife Geeta Koda, arrived in Pakuria late Friday night and took charge of campaigning in Maheshpur constituency on Saturday morning.
The duo visited several villages, including Phuljhinjri, Mohanpur, and Rajdaha, urging voters to support BJP candidate Navneet Hembram from Maheshpur. During the campaign, Madhu Koda heavily criticized the Hemant Soren government, accusing it of failing to provide jobs to the unemployed in its five-year tenure.
He remarked that under Soren’s government, neither doctors nor engineers were developed—only contractors flourished. Koda assured that if the BJP forms the government, it would focus on producing doctors and engineers and providing jobs for the youth.
