The fate of eminent leaders would be sealed on May 20 when Jharkhand will go for polling for three Lok Sabha seats in the fifth phase of the general election.
Apart from the three Lok Sabha constituencies of Hazaribagh, Koderma and Chatra, the State will also witness the Gandey Assembly bypoll where Kalpana Murmu Soren, wife of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, is contesting as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Dilip Verma is locked in a direct contest against Ms. Soren. Gandey Assembly seat fell vacant after the resignation of JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad, who is now a Rajya Sabha member of the party.