Jamshedpur, February 21 Senior BJP leader Raghubar Das on Saturday claimed that Jharkhand has suffered a loss of approximately Rs 5100 crore due to the delayed municipal elections.
The elections in 48 civic bodies will be held on February 23. The last municipal elections in Jharkhand were held in 2018. Since then, no civic elections were held mainly due to legal issues.
Das, a former chief minister, alleged that the JMM-Congress coalition government has been in power for the last six years, but has made no effort to hold the municipal elections.
"Due to the delay in conducting the elections, the state has suffered a loss of approximately Rs 5100 crore," he claimed.
Hearing a petition by a BJP leader, Roshni Khalko, the Jharkhand High Court had ordered the state government to hold the municipal elections by March.
Attacking the ruling JMM-Congress dispensation, Das said that the people were well aware of their politics as both the parties were working in the interest of a particular community.
"The people of Jugsali and Mango (where the municipal corporation elections are to be held on Monday) are watching them, and the impact will be visible in the election," he claimed.