Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda
today said people sent a clear message through the Mandu
assembly bypoll result that they want only development.
"The result has sent a message that the people want
development and we should all work to meet their aspirations,"
Munda said after BJP/AJSU-supported JMM candidate Jaiprakash
Bhai Patel won the assembly seat with a comfortable margin.
Thanking alliance partners, JMM leader and Deputy Chief
Minister Hemant Soren said the ruling coalition would give
undertake more developmental projects in the state.
Reacting to his party candidate Manish Jaiswal finishing
third, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) principal general
secretary Pradip Yadav said division of votes of opposition
parties had led to the defeat.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, December 04, 2011, 18:43