<p>Ranchi: The ruling JMM in Jharkhand on Tuesday fielded former state minister Joba Manjhi in the Singhbhum <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha</a> seat against BJP's Geeta Kora, the wife of former chief minister Madhu Koda.</p>.<p>The party also re-nominated Vijya Hansdak, the incumbent MP, in the Rajmahal Lok Sabha seat.</p>.<p>Manjhi, the MLA of Manoharpur, will take on Kora who switched to the BJP recently.</p>.BJP will push Jharkhand into backwardness if it returns to power: Kalpana Soren.<p>Kora, the lone Congress MP from Jharkhand in the outgoing Lok Sabha, won the seat in 2019 by a margin of 72,155 votes.</p>.<p>In Rajmahal, the BJP has fielded its former state president Tala Marandi. JMM's Hansdak had won the seat by a margin of 99,195 votes in the last elections.</p>.<p>The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) last week nominated its Shikaripada legislator Nalin Soren from the Dumka <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha</a> seat, making it clear that jailed former chief minister Hemant Soren will not contest from the constituency as speculated earlier.</p>.<p>The BJP has already nominated Sita Soren, former JMM MLA and sister-in-law of Hemant Soren, from the Dumka constituency.</p>.<p>Sita Soren, a three-term MLA and elder daughter-in-law of JMM patriarch Shibu Soren, joined the BJP last month.</p>.<p>The party also fielded its Tundi MLA Mathura Prasad Mahto from the Giridih Lok Sabha seat.</p>.<p>The Congress on March 27 announced the names of candidates for three Lok Sabha constituencies -- Lohardaga, Khunti and Hazaribag.</p>.<p>Kalicharan Munda, Sukhdeo Bhagat and Jai Prakashbhai Patel will contest the polls in Khunti (ST), Lohardaga (ST) and Hazaribagh seats respectively.</p>.<p>As per the I.N.D.I.A. bloc leaders, a seat-sharing agreement has been finalised for all the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.</p>.<p>According to the understanding, the Congress would contest from seven seats and the JMM from five. Besides, the RJD and CPI (ML) Liberation will contest from one seat each.</p>.<p>The CPI (ML) Liberation on March 30 named three-time MLA from the Bagodar seat, Vinod Kumar Singh, for the Koderma Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand.</p>.<p>The BJP has announced candidates for 13 seats and left Giridih for the AJSU Party.</p>.<p>The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha polls</a> in Jharkhand will be held in four phases, starting May 13. </p>
<p>Ranchi: The ruling JMM in Jharkhand on Tuesday fielded former state minister Joba Manjhi in the Singhbhum <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha</a> seat against BJP's Geeta Kora, the wife of former chief minister Madhu Koda.</p>.<p>The party also re-nominated Vijya Hansdak, the incumbent MP, in the Rajmahal Lok Sabha seat.</p>.<p>Manjhi, the MLA of Manoharpur, will take on Kora who switched to the BJP recently.</p>.BJP will push Jharkhand into backwardness if it returns to power: Kalpana Soren.<p>Kora, the lone Congress MP from Jharkhand in the outgoing Lok Sabha, won the seat in 2019 by a margin of 72,155 votes.</p>.<p>In Rajmahal, the BJP has fielded its former state president Tala Marandi. JMM's Hansdak had won the seat by a margin of 99,195 votes in the last elections.</p>.<p>The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) last week nominated its Shikaripada legislator Nalin Soren from the Dumka <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha</a> seat, making it clear that jailed former chief minister Hemant Soren will not contest from the constituency as speculated earlier.</p>.<p>The BJP has already nominated Sita Soren, former JMM MLA and sister-in-law of Hemant Soren, from the Dumka constituency.</p>.<p>Sita Soren, a three-term MLA and elder daughter-in-law of JMM patriarch Shibu Soren, joined the BJP last month.</p>.<p>The party also fielded its Tundi MLA Mathura Prasad Mahto from the Giridih Lok Sabha seat.</p>.<p>The Congress on March 27 announced the names of candidates for three Lok Sabha constituencies -- Lohardaga, Khunti and Hazaribag.</p>.<p>Kalicharan Munda, Sukhdeo Bhagat and Jai Prakashbhai Patel will contest the polls in Khunti (ST), Lohardaga (ST) and Hazaribagh seats respectively.</p>.<p>As per the I.N.D.I.A. bloc leaders, a seat-sharing agreement has been finalised for all the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.</p>.<p>According to the understanding, the Congress would contest from seven seats and the JMM from five. Besides, the RJD and CPI (ML) Liberation will contest from one seat each.</p>.<p>The CPI (ML) Liberation on March 30 named three-time MLA from the Bagodar seat, Vinod Kumar Singh, for the Koderma Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand.</p>.<p>The BJP has announced candidates for 13 seats and left Giridih for the AJSU Party.</p>.<p>The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha polls</a> in Jharkhand will be held in four phases, starting May 13. </p>