JMM not in Bengal poll fray, to back TMC: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

Jharkhand Chief Minister and working president of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Hemant Soren announced on Friday that his party won’t contest the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal.

Jharkhand Chief Minister and working president of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Hemant Soren announced on Friday that his party won’t contest the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal. It will, however, support Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) to defeat the BJP, Hemant Soren added. The development comes after West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee had asked JMM leader Shibu Soren to stand with her in defeating "communal forces".