Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior party leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi as the JMM-Congress alliance prepares for the upcoming assembly elections in the state.  

Soren's meeting with top Congress leaders comes a day after the grand old party was dealt a major blow in the Haryana assembly election. 

Some of the Congress's allies, including the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), accused the party of ignoring them. Soren, executive president of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, along with his wife, Kalpana Soren, met the Congress leaders at Kharge's residence. 

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"Today in New Delhi, I met Congress President respected Shri @kharge ji and senior Congress leader Shri @RahulGandhi ji and discussed various issues related to the state," Soren said on X as he shared photographs from the meeting. 

The JMM and Congress leaders discussed preparations for the Jharkhand assembly elections due later this year, PTI reported quoting people aware of the development. 

Congress general secretary, in-charge organisation, K C Venugopal, was also present in the meeting, according to PTI. Both the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha are reportedly looking to clinch a seat-sharing deal at the earliest and begin campaigning.