Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh, who made headlines with his '5 trillion dollar' question to BJP's Sambit Patra, will be one of the candidates testing his fate in 2019 Jharkhand Assembly polls. He is the Congress-JMM-RJD alliance candidate from Jamshedpur East constituency against BJP's incumbent chief minister Raghubar Das.
The Quint caught up with the professor-turned-politician during his election campaign and spoke to him about his strategy.
Rebel BJP leader Saryu Rai recently resigned from Assembly membership and announced that he will fight the polls independently from the same constituency.
Raghubar Das was sworn in as the 6th chief minister of Jharkhand after the BJP-AJSU alliance came to power in 2014 and has served as the member of legislative Assembly for five times representing Jamshedpur East since 1995.
He says there is a difference between debating on TV and fighting for elections.
Gourav wishes to focus on better schools and hospitals. He also plans to focus on reviving the industries in Jamshedpur that have been shut down.
Assembly polls for over 81 seats are being held in five phases in Jharkhand. Second phase of voting is to be held on 7 December. It will include 20 constituencies like Khunti and Simdega along with Jamshedpur East and West. The results of the Assembly poll will be declared on 23 December.
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