India, March 31 -- On March 12, Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi and the state's party in-charge Jitendra Singh met Jharkhand chief minister and president of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Hemant Soren, at Ranchi.

The meeting took place three days ahead of the announcement of polling dates in Assam by the Election Commission of India (ECI) amid speculations of a seat sharing alliance between the two parties.

The same day, Soren also met leaders of Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), a constituent of the Congress-led six-party opposition alliance in Assam.

Incidentally, Soren had visited Assam two days prior to that meeting where he addressed a large gathering at Biswanath followed by a mass Iftar event at nearby Tezpur.

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