Bihar assembly election: Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap in poll fray for phase 2
PATNA: The stage is ready for the second and, arguably, probably the most essential of the three phases of Bihar meeting elections through which over 2.85 crore voters will resolve the destiny of almost 1,500 candidates on Tuesday (November 3).
Voting will happen on November Three in 94 meeting segments, greater than a 3rd of the 243-strong meeting unfold throughout 17 districts, all of which however three — Patna, Bhagalpur and Nalanda — are located north of the Ganges.
Notable among the many candidates is the RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, the opposition Grand Alliance’s Chief Ministerial candidate, who has been aggressively attempting to money in on the anti-incumbency issue towards the Nitish Kumar authorities.
The 31-year-old is in search of re-election from Raghopur in Vaishali district which he had wrested again for his social gathering from the BJP’s Satish Kumar in 2015. The BJP chief had defeated Yadav’s mom Rabri Devi, a former chief minister, in 2010.
The BJP has retained its belief in Satish Kumar, hoping that the large killer will be capable of do a repeat of 2010 when, like this time, JD(U) president and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was with the NDA.
Tejashwi’s elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav is attempting his luck from Hasanpur in Samastipur district, shifting his base from Mahua in Vaishali.
There have been stated to be fears within the RJD camp that Tej Pratap’s bid to retain Mahua might be challenged by the NDA by means of his estranged spouse Aishwarya as its trump card.
She is already taking an energetic half within the marketing campaign for her father Chandrika Roy in Parsa, which he has represented quite a lot of instances and is in search of to retain on a JD(U) ticket this time.
All the 4 meeting segments within the capital metropolis Patna Sahib, Kumhrar, Bankipur and Digha are additionally going to polls within the second part.
All these are held by the BJP.
State minister Nand Kishore Yadav is within the fray attempting to retain Patna Sahib for a seventh consecutive time period.
Multiple-term MLA Nitin Nabin faces a problem in Bankipur from Congress candidate Luv Sinha, who’s the son of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, a two-time native MP who misplaced the seat when he entered the fray after quitting the BJP.
The BJP has retained as its candidates Arun Sinha and Sanjiv Chaurasia for Kumhrar and Digha respectively.
Seven constituencies of Nalanda district, to which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar belongs, additionally go to polls within the second part.
Barring Hilsa, represented by the RJD’s Shakti Singh Yadav, and Bihar Sharif, which two-term MLA Sunil Kumar retained on a BJP ticket in 2015, all of the remaining 5 have been gained by the JD(U).
The meeting section named after the district is represented by state minister Shrawan Kumar who’s in search of re-election from the seat.
The JD(U) has suffered a setback within the reserved Rajgir seat the place its sitting MLA Ravi Jyoti, a former police inspector, is now the fray on a Congress ticket.
Two different ministers Ram Sevak Singh (JDU) and Rana Randhir Singh (BJP) try their luck from Hathua and Madhuban in Gopalganj and East Champaran districts respectively. The ministers are sitting MLAs from the respective seats.
Many ‘bahubalis’ or their wives, sons, brothers or different shut family members are additionally contesting quite a lot of seats.
Of the 1,463 candidates within the fray on the 94 seats, almost 10 per cent (146) are ladies. Among the two.85 crore voters, females account for 1.35 crore.
Maharajganj has the utmost variety of 27 candidates for any constituency whereas Darauli (04) has the bottom.
Among the most important events, the RJD is contesting 56 of the 94 seats whereas its ally Congress is contesting 24. The CPI and CPI(M), which joined the Grand Alliance lately, are combating 4 seats every. Quite just a few seats are being contested by the CPI(ML), the Left outfit with the strongest presence in Bihar.
BJP candidates are within the fray in 46 of the seats, whereas one other 43 are being contested by these with JD(U) tickets. Mukesh Sahni’s VIP, the newest entrant within the NDA, is contesting the remaining 5.
The LJP is contesting 52 seats, together with the 2 it had gained in 2015 contesting as an NDA constituent. The social gathering has fielded one transgender candidate too on this part.
The bid of Raju Tiwari and Raj Kumar Sah to retain Govindganj and Lalganj respectively is being challenged by the BJP.
According to the Election Commission, votes will probably be solid at a complete of 41,362 polling stations.
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