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The Jharkhand assembly elections will take place in two phases, on November 13 and 20.
This follows the defection of three-term BJP legislator Kedar Hazra and AJSU Party leader Umakant Rajak, who joined the JMM two days earlier.
The national tricolour will be flown at half-mast on all government buildings in the state as a mark of respect.
BJP claimed that 15 candidates have so far lost their lives, and police put the death toll at 12.
Champai Soren is a former chief minister of Jharkhand.
However, he did not make clear if joining the BJP was on the cards, speculations of which were rife after he landed in Delhi this morning.
Former JMM MLA Lobin Hembrom has already announced that he will join the BJP.
The July 2 stampede at the 'satsang' of self-styled godma Bhole Baba claimed 121 lives.
A total of 45 MLAs voted in favour of the confidence motion.
Hemant Soren was released from jail on June 28 after nearly five months, after the high court granted him bail in a money laundering case.
