04-22-2009, 01:38 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>BJP set for clean sweep in Jharkhand</b>
pioneer.com
Sidharth Mishra | Ranchi/Dumka
With just 36 hours to go for the final phase of Lok Sabha poll in Jharkhand, accounting for 14 seats,<b> the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a definite edge. Thanks to the Congress policy of running with the hare and hunting with the hound, the BJP is enjoying the advantage of double anti-incumbency â against the State and the Central Governments.</b>
Of the 14, eight seats go to the poll on Thursday. The election to the Maoist-infested six seats of Chatra, Palamu, Hazaribagh, Lohardagga, Khunti and Koderma was held on April 16 amid unprecedented violence perpetrated by the Maoists. <b>The BJP is all set to stage a strong comeback with the party getting up to eight seats and its perceivable allies like Babulal Marandi, Inder Singh Namdhari and others managing two to three seats</b>.
In 2004, the UPA swept in Jharkhand with the Congress bagging six, JMM four, RJD two and CPI one. The lone non-UPA seat was won by Babulal Marandi, first on the BJP ticket and later under his own partyâs banner following a by-election.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
pioneer.com
Sidharth Mishra | Ranchi/Dumka
With just 36 hours to go for the final phase of Lok Sabha poll in Jharkhand, accounting for 14 seats,<b> the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a definite edge. Thanks to the Congress policy of running with the hare and hunting with the hound, the BJP is enjoying the advantage of double anti-incumbency â against the State and the Central Governments.</b>
Of the 14, eight seats go to the poll on Thursday. The election to the Maoist-infested six seats of Chatra, Palamu, Hazaribagh, Lohardagga, Khunti and Koderma was held on April 16 amid unprecedented violence perpetrated by the Maoists. <b>The BJP is all set to stage a strong comeback with the party getting up to eight seats and its perceivable allies like Babulal Marandi, Inder Singh Namdhari and others managing two to three seats</b>.
In 2004, the UPA swept in Jharkhand with the Congress bagging six, JMM four, RJD two and CPI one. The lone non-UPA seat was won by Babulal Marandi, first on the BJP ticket and later under his own partyâs banner following a by-election.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->