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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Jharkhand Emerges As Crucial Battleground

As the battle for Jharkhand's Lok Sabha seats intensifies, the state emerges as a battleground where BJP and INDIA Bloc jostle for the state's crucial tribal vote bank and aim to woo the youth electorate.

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LS polls 2024: Kalpana Soren at Bangabad
Kalpana Soren | Photo: Suresh K Pandey/Outlook

Kalpana Soren addressing the election meeting at Bangabad in Jharkhand.

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LS polls 2024: Tejashwi Yadav at Bangabad
Kalpana Soren and Tejashwi Yadav | Photo: Suresh K Pandey/Outlook
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Kalpana Soren and Tejashwi Yadav in the meeting at Bengabad in Jharkhand.

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LS polls 2024: Manish Jaiswal at Hazaribagh
Manish Jaiswal | Photo: Suresh K PAndey/Outlook
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BJP candidate Manish Jaiswal at Hazaribagh in Jharkhand.

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Ramnavami Flags by Ghulam Jilani
Ghulam Jilani | Photo: Suresh K Pandey/Outlook
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Ghulam Jilani, a tailor who has been making flags of Ramnavami for 35 years in Jharkhand.

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Indirapuri Masjid in Hazaribagh
Indirapuri Masjid | Photo: Suresh K Pandey/Outlook
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Indirapuri Masjid in Hazaribagh where in 2023 people allegedly pelted stone during Ramnavami procession in Jharkhand.

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Vacant flats in Islamnagar | Photo: Suresh K Pandey/Outlook
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Islamnagar slum and the promised vacant flats. Though the High Court asked the government to give the evicted people flats within 13 months, even after 13 years they didn’t get it.

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Single tap at a deserted slum | Photo: Suresh K Pandey/Outlook
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Single tap at a deserted slum. This is the only hand pump from where at least 1000 people of Islamnagar take water. Their promised flats can be seen behind the slum.

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Islamnagar slum | Photo: Suresh K Pandey/Outlook
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Islamnagar slum and the promised vacant flats. Though the High Court asked the government to give the evicted people flats within 13 months, even after 13 years they didn’t get it.