RANCHI, March 28 -- Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren would kickstart the campaign of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) for the Assam assembly elections addressing a rally in Gossaigaon constituency in Kokrajhar district today, people aware of the development said on Friday.

The JMM is making it electoral debut in the north-eastern state, and has fielded candidates in 21 seats of the 126-memner Assam assembly. In Jharkhand, JMM chief Hemant Soren leads the JMM-Congress-RJD combine INDIA bloc goverment. However, in Assam, Soren decided to go solo looking for an expansion of his party outside Jharkhand.

Party insiders said the chief minister, who is set to reach Guwahati by Friday night, and would stay in the state for few days campaig...