 "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is flanked by Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das and Union minister Arjun Munda. The BJP has set a target to win at least 65 of the 81 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections Photo: PTI")
From all appearances, the Jharkhand Assembly polls later this year look like a cinch for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). If the Lok Sabha election outcome is a hot lead — the National Democratic Alliance won 12 of the 14 seats and secured a vote share of 55.29 per cent— the BJP and its partners, the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), can stage an encore in this neck of the woods that seldom gives a winner an absolute majority in the legislature.
Jharkhand has an Opposition that a ruling party would dream of. In this
