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Cong to contest 10 seats, JMM four in Jharkhand: Hemant Soren

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren today reiterated that JMM and Congress had agreed upon seat sharing for the 2014 Lok Sabha election

JMM won't join hands with Third Front: Hemant Soren

Ruling out joining the proposed Third Front, JMM leader and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said its alliance with the Congress was intact and they would jointly contest the Lok Sabha polls. Turning to Odisha, Soren said the Morcha is yet to decide about forging any state-specific poll alliance with any party here and any decision in this regard would be taken at the right time. Exuding confidence that JMM was hopeful of greater success in Odisha as compared to the 2009 polls, Soren said the state unit was now re-galvanised and prepared to fight the polls in a more confident manner. The Central Committee of JMM under the leadership of Sibu Soren would decided in (appropriate) time how many and which seats the party would contest, he said. Slamming the Odisha government for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to deny the tribals their legitimate rights, Soren questioned its seriousness about the claim of all-round development of tribals in the state, and cited the 2011 .

Hemant Soren fires minister who called him 'corrupt'

The BJP state unit demanded a probe into the allegations levelled by the sacked minister

Hemant Soren terms leaders quitting party impure blood

Two JMM legislators Hemlal Murmu and Vidyut Baran Mahto resigned from the party and joined the BJP

Hemant Soren calls for uprooting BJP, oppn parties to give fitting reply

Referring to tribal Jharkhand, he said the ruling BJP there was working against the adivasis and "we must get rid of it"

JMM wants Congress to be 'elder brother' in anti-BJP front: Hemant Soren

The former Jharkhand chief minister asserted that the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and the Congress have put the acrimony of a past split behind them