Security personnel with VVAT and EVM machines headed for polling booths from a distribution centre ahead of the third phase of Bihar Assembly election in Hajipur, Bihar on Friday.

Bihar assembly election 2020: Will RJD’s plan to field a contract teacher in Raniganj work out?

The Raniganj meeting constituency of Bihar is ready to vote together with 77 others within the third and last section of meeting elections. While the Janata Dal (United) celebration has fielded Amchit Rishi Dev, who’s in search of a second time period on the meeting seat, the Rashtriya Janata Dal has strategically awarded its ticket to Avinash Manglam, contract instructor.

Manglam’s candidature comes within the backdrop of Tejashwi Yadav’s goal to maintain the difficulty of contractual academics alive within the meeting elections. Yadav, in his celebration’s manifesto has promised that if the Grand Alliance involves energy, the contractual academics in state could be entitled for a similar pay for similar work, for which they’ve been agitating for lengthy.

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The seat, reserved for scheduled caste candidates, falls within the state’s Araria district and in addition comes underneath the Araria Lok Sabha constituency.

In the 2015 meeting polls, JD(U’s) Dev had defeated BJP’s Ramji Das Rishidev by a margin of 14,930 votes. The constituency had witnessed a voter turnout of 56%.

This time, aside from JD(U) and RJD candidates, 10 others are combating for the Raniganj meeting seat. While Parmanand Rishideo is contesting on Lok Jan Shakti Party’s ticket, Fuddan Paswan on Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party’s, Balkrishn Raj Choudhary on Apna Adhikar Party’s, Renu Kumari on Aam Janmat Party’s, Roshan Devi on All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s, Lakshmi Rishi on Bharatiya Momin Front’s, Virender Rishideo on Bhartiya Lokmat Rashtrwadi Party, and Sunil Paswan on Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik’s), Kalo Paswan and Shankar Brahamchari are combating independently.

As many as 174,506 males, 161,414 girls and 16 individuals belonging to the third gender class will resolve the way forward for the candidates in ballot fray. They will solid their ballots throughout 259 polling stations.

The third and last section of polling can be held on November 7 whereas the primary and second rounds of voting occurred on October 28 and November three respectively. The outcomes of polls to the 243-seat meeting can be introduced on November 10.

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