New Delhi [India], October 26 (HBTV): Ahead of forthcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced the list of 40-star campaigners for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections. 

The 40-member list includes the names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari Dharmendra Pradhan and Shivraj Singh Chouhan. 

BJP chief ministers such as Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Nayab Singh Saini (Haryana), Mohan Majhi Himanta Biswa Sarma and Vishnu Deo Sai (Chhattisgarh) are also among the star campaigners.

On Saturday, BJP announced its first list of 66 candidates for Jharkhand assembly elections as the ruling JMM-led alliance finalised the contours of their seat-sharing agreement. 

Bharatiya Janata Party will contest the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections in alliance with All Jharkhand Students’ Union, Janata Dal (United), and the Lok Janshakti Party. BJP will contest 68 seats, AJSU 10 seats, JD-U two seats and LJP one seat. 

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha also released its fifth list of candidates on Friday, JMM said in a press release. 

Elections are being held on 81 seats of the Jharkhand assembly in two phases on November 13 and November 20.   

(ANI)