The Congress on Sunday announced its first list of five candidates for the Jharkhand assembly polls and has fielded its state unit chief Rameshwar Oraon from Lohardaga. The five candidates are from seats that will go to polls in the first phase on November 30. The last date of filing nominations is November 13. The Congress will contest 31 seats out of 81 seats in the Jharkhand assembly. The Rashtriya Janata Dal will contest on seven seats, while the largest chunk of the alliance share has gone to the JMM, which will contest elections on 43 seats.

The Congress on Sunday announced its first list of five candidates for the Jharkhand assembly polls and has fielded its state unit chief Rameshwar Oraon from Lohardaga. The five candidates are from seats that will go to polls in the first phase on November 30. The last date of filing nominations is November 13. The Congress will contest 31 seats out of 81 seats in the Jharkhand assembly. The Rashtriya Janata Dal will contest on seven seats, while the largest chunk of the alliance share has gone to the JMM, which will contest elections on 43 seats.