The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is presently reviewing its alliance with RJD and Congress following a massive “betrayal”. The party announced on Monday that it would no longer be contesting the Bihar Assembly elections — citing a “political conspiracy” by its allies. The assertion came mere days after the JMM announced it would go solo and field candidates from six seats as seat-sharing talks failed.
“Political games were played with JMM and as a result, the party decided to withdraw from the Bihar elections. We will not support any political party there. But Mahagathbandhan will suffer the consequences of JMM not being a part of it in these elections…Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a big force and a strong voice of tribals in the country. The betrayal will not be forgotten,” said senior party leader Sudivya Kumar.
The Jharkhand minister also warned that the JMM would “review” its alliance with the Congress and RJD in Jharkhand and deliver a befitting reply to the “snub”. He reiterated that a final decision would be taken after this analysis “in the interest of Jharkhand and JMM.”
JMM on Saturday had announced that it will contest Chakai, Dhamdaha, Katoria, Manihari, Jamui and Pirpainti seats, which are slated to go to polls in the second phase of the Bihar elections on November 11. The deadline for the submission of nomination papers in these seats was Monday.
‘JMM helped RJD in previous polls’
Kumar said JMM had helped RJD in the 2015 Bihar elections.
“The JMM had given seven seats to the RJD in the 2019 Jharkhand elections. Only one candidate won, and he was made a minister in the Jharkhand government. In the Bihar election of 2020, the JMM was assured of three seats by the RJD and Congress, but later they divided the seats among themselves, deceiving us. In last year’s Jharkhand polls, the JMM left a respectable number of seats for the Congress, RJD and the Left, but the party was humiliated again in the 2025 Bihar election,” he said.
Kumar said the “political conspiracy” hatched by the leading parties of the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar has hurt the sentiments of the people. He also insisted that the Congress should have fought for the interests of JMM in Bihar, but it did not.
He said the JMM leadership held a long discussion on the seat-sharing arrangement with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on October 7.
“We were told the final decision will be taken on the seats after discussion with Hemant Soren,” he added.
