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Patna, October 15 (IANS) The race for Bihar assembly elections has intensified. While the tussle continues in the Grand Alliance regarding seat sharing, NDA’s allies are announcing their candidates one after the other.
Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) on Wednesday released its first list of 14 candidates for the assembly elections, fielding its state president Raju Tiwari from Govindganj seat.
Among other seats, the party has fielded Sanjay Kumar Singh from Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Vishnudev Paswan from Darauli, Seemant Mrinal from Garkha, and Surendra Kumar from Sahebpur Kamal.
Similarly, Sanjay Kumar from Bakhri, Babulal Shaurya from Parbatta, Mithun Kumar from Nathnagar, Sunil Kumar from Paliganj, Hulas Pandey from Brahmapur, and Rajiv Ranjan Singh from Dehri will contest as LJP. (RV) nominees from their respective seats.
Apart from this, Sangeeta Devi from Balrampur, Rani Kumari from Makhdumpur and Prakash Chandra from Obra are the other LJP (RV) candidates in the fray.
LJP-RV also took to Twitter to share the list of candidates and said, “We are confident that all of you will ensure your significant contribution in realizing the dreams of ‘Bihar First-Bihari First’ and the all-round development of Bihar.”
Earlier in the day, the BJP released its second list of candidates, while the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) announced its first list of 57 candidates for the upcoming elections.
Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) has already announced its candidates on all six seats.
As per the seat-sharing formula, JD(U) and BJP are contesting on 101 seats each, while LJP (Ram Vilas) is the third largest ally contesting on 29 seats.
Former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rajya Sabha member Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha got six seats each.
The first phase of Bihar assembly elections will be held on 6 November and the second on 11 November. Counting of votes will take place on November 14.
–IANS
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