Ranchi, June 8 -- Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pratul Shahdeo on Monday emphasised that their aim is a "Congress-free India", asserting that the BJP will win and Congress will lose in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand, scheduled for June 18.

Speaking to ANI, Shahdeo said, "We have completed all the necessary procedures, and rest assured, our focus is on a Congress-free India... we aim to oust the 'outsider' candidate, someone with no connection to Jharkhand, whom the Congress has fielded here. The BJP will make a move that leaves everyone astonished... one thing is certain, we will win, and the Congress will lose."

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