BJP, AJSU sever ties in Jharkhand days before Assembly elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) have parted ways in the Assembly elections-bound state after the ruling party refused to accede to the ally’s demand for 17 of 81 seats.   The BJP has decided to contest 80 seats and support an independent candidate on one. The party had already announced candidates for 53 seats, and AJSU for 12.

The party decided to break the alliance with AJSU after a meeting between BJP chief Amit Shah, its working president JP Nadda and others. It also announced another 15 candidates, taking the number of candidates announced to