Battle for Jharkhand : PM rally in Dumka on Sunday, in Barhet on Dec 17

Ranchi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be back for campaigning in the state on Sunday during which he will address an election rally in Dumka and he will be back again on Tuesday to address another rally in Barhet on December 17.

Dumka and Barhet are among the 16 seats of the Santhal Pargana division which are going into the polls in the fifth and final phase of elections on December 20. Incidentally, leader of opposition and JMM’s acting president Hemant Soren is also contesting from these two seats.

On December 15 the rally of the Prime Minister will be held at the Airport Ground in Dumka which will be followed by his last election rally of these polls at Bhognadih of Barhet Assembly area falling under Sahebganj district.

In the assembly elections of 2014, Hemant Soren had lost from Dumka but had managed to enter the assembly by winning from Barhet. Both Dumka and Barhet seats are reserved for ST.

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