Marandi rules out alliance with BJP

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) chief, Babulal Marandi, has ruled out the possibility of an alliance with the BJP, saying his party was ready to contest all 81 Assembly seats in the five-phase November-December elections in the state. Earlier, five JVM MLAs, had left the party and joined BJP. In the 2009 Assembly elections, JVM fought as a Congress ally.