Champai Soren, Babulal Marandi feature as BJP releases first list of candidates

New Delhi, 19/10: The BJP on Saturday released its first list of 66 candidates for the Jharkhand assembly elections, fielding party president Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar and former chief minister Champai Soren from Saraikella

The party named Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of JMM leader and Chief Minister Hemant Soren, as its nominee from Jamtara.

The party is looking to topple the JMM-Congress alliance from power in the two-phase polls scheduled for November 13 and 20.