Ranchi, Nov. 5 -- WIth the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) deciding to go it alone in the forthcoming Assembly elections, efforts to build a grand alliance of the opposition parties seem to have fallen flat.

"It is too late for an alliance. I tried for a united front after the Lok Sabha polls, but it is too late now. We will go to the people's court independently in the Assembly polls. Let the people decide the fate of the parties," said former chief minister and JVM-P founder Babulal Marandi.

The Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) are making last ditch efforts to bring back Marandi to the opposition grand alliance fold. Jharkhand Congress president Rameshwar Oraon met Marandi on Monday but failed to make any impact o...