The ruling JMM and the Opposition BJP seem to be warming up for the byelection to the Dumka Assembly seat, given their escalated war of words over auctioning of coal blocks for commercial mining.
However, the bypoll date is yet to be announced.
Chief minister Hemant Soren, who had won two Assembly seats, retained Barhait and vacated the Dumka seat, necessitating the byelection.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Sunil Soren of the BJP had won the Dumka parliamentary seat, of which Dumka Assembly seat is a segment. Hence, both the BJP and JMM would give their best to win the seat.
