India, Nov. 9 -- NEW DELHI: Taking cue from the Maharashtra and Haryana election results, the Sudesh Mahto-led All Jharkhand Students' Union (AJSU) has upped its ante before the Jharkhand Assembly elections, giving sleepless nights to the BJP. Jharkhand will go for Assembly elections later this month.

As a result, the two parties have not been able to finalise the seat-sharing formula though nomination for the first phase of polling on 30 November has already started. In contrast, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and RJD have finalised their seat sharing. As per the deal, the JMM will contest on 43, the Congress on 31 and RJD on seven seats. The alliance has also decided to project Hemant Soren as the chief ministerial candidat...