Will form government in Jharkhand: BJP

New Delhi: The BJP is confident of getting a clear majority in Jharkhand and forming a stable government, state party president Ravindra Kumar Rai said on Tuesday.

Rai told IANS over telephone from Ranchi that the Bharatiya Janata Party had expected a two-third majority in the 81-member Assembly.

"We were hoping to get a two-third majority but have fallen short of the 50 seats we were hoping to win," Rai said, as counting of votes showed the BJP and its allies were headed for a near majority.