India, Sept. 3 -- The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has announced plans to contest the 2025 Bihar assembly elections as part of the INDIA bloc, marking its first foray into the state under the opposition alliance's banner.

The decision signals a major strategic shift for the party, which has previously contested Bihar polls independently after being kept out of opposition coalitions despite repeated attempts to join.

The party, which previously made modest gains by winning two seats in 2005 and one in 2010, had little impact in the 2020 polls despite contesting four constituencies.

Initially seeking 12 seats as part of the alliance, JMM has now scaled down its demand to seven or eight, with a focus on constituencies such as Tarapur, Kat...