BJP in a fix over tottering alliances in Maharashtra and Jharkhand

The BJP and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) will contest this month's Jharkhand Assembly election separately after the allies failed to finalise a seat-sharing agreement. The ruling party is now left with no partner in the state as Lok Janshakti Party, BJP's prominent Bihar ally, earlier this month announced that it would field its candidates from 50 seats.

The BJP has already released a list of 53 candidates for the five-phase Jharkhand polls and it will soon announce candidates for 27 seats, sources say.

The BJP will support Independent candidate Vinod Singh in the Hussainabad constituency, a seat the party had left for AJSU, sources said.