The JMM on Saturday announced that it will contest the Bihar assembly polls independently, and said the party would review its alliance with the Congress and RJD in Jharkhand after the elections in the neighbouring state.
Addressing a press conference, JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya said the party will field candidates in six seats in Bihar.
Elections to 243 seats of the Bihar assembly will be held on November 6 and November 11, and the votes will be counted on November 14.
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), Bhattacharya said.
These seats will go to polls in the second phase on November 11.
The JMM had on October 11 communicated to INDIA bloc leaders that the party would take its own decision on contesting the Bihar polls, if a respectful number of seats was not allocated to it by October 14. The JMM had demanded 12 seats for the polls
