RANCHI, March 13 -- Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi, along with other senior party leaders, met Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren here on Thursday and discussed a possible pre-poll alliance and seat sharing for the upcoming Assembly elections in the north-eastern state, people aware of the development said.

The development comes two days after Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) president Hemant Soren addressed an impressive rally in Biswanath district on Tuesday besides attending Iftar celebrations.

Addressing the rally hosted jointly by the JMM and the newly-formed Jai Bharat Party (JBP), which announced an alliance with JMM to contest around 40 seats in the elections, the Jharkhand CM called for tribal unity and appealed to the commun...