NEW DELHI: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Saturday announced that it will contest the Bihar assembly elections independently. JMM said it would “review” its alliance with the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Jharkhand after the polls in the neighbouring state. Addressing a press conference, JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya said, “The party has decided to contest the Bihar polls on its own. It will contest six assembly seats – Chakai, Dhamdaha, Katoria (ST), Manihari (ST), Jamui and Pirpainti (SC).” These seats will go to polls in the second phase on November 11. Elections to the 243-member Bihar assembly will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, with counting of votes on November 14. Bhattacharya said the JMM had on October 11 informed IN

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