RJD Announces 143 Candidates For Bihar Assembly Elections
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has released its candidate list for the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections, which includes 143 candidates from across the state. The official list was announced on the last day of the second stage nominations. There are 24 female candidates among the 143 people determined as contestants.
With this announcement, the shape of the Mahagathbandhan alliance also became clear; RJD 143, Congress 61, CPI ML 20 and the rest are likely to go to Mukesh Sahani’s VIP. There may be last-minute withdrawals, and the alliance has not been officially announced.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav will contest from Raghopur constituency, Lalit Yadav from Darbhanga Rural and Dilip Singh from Barauli, Ram Vilas Paswan from Pirpainti (SC) and Savitri Devi from Chakai.
Other candidates include Renu Kushwaha in Bihariganj constituency, Anita Devi Mahto in Warsaliganj, Mala Pushpam in Hasanpur, Sandhya Rani Kushwaha in Madhuban, Ritu Priya Chaudhary in Imamganj (SC), Tanushree Manjhi in Barachatti (SC), Chandni Devi in Baniapur Singh is included. constituency, Arvind Sahani in Sarairanjan, Prema Chaudhary in Patepur (SC), Shambu Nath in Brahampur and Mukesh Yadav in Bajpatti.
Meanwhile, after comparing the candidate lists of RJD and Indian National Congress (Congress) for the Bihar assembly elections, there are some common seats where both the parties have fielded candidates despite being in the Mahagathbandhan.
In Narkatiaganj, Deepak Yadav (RJD) will face Shaswat Kedar Pandey (Congress); In Kahalgaon, Rajnish Bharti (RJD) will contest against Praveen Singh Kushwaha (Congress); In Sikandra (SC), Uday Narayan Chaudhary (RJD) will contest against Vinod Chaudhary (Congress), while in Lalganj (Vaishali), RJD’s Shivani Shukla may contest against Congress’ Aditya Kumar Raja. However, it is likely that a compromise will be reached between the allies and one side will withdraw in favor of the other.
Earlier on Saturday, the Congress released its second list for the Bihar assembly elections announcing candidates for Narkatiaganj, Kishanganj, Kasba, Purnia and Gaya Town assembly seats.
The party fielded Shaswat Kedar Pandey from Narkatiaganj and Qamrul Hoda from Kishanganj. Irfan Alam, Jitender Yadav and Mohan Shrivasta will contest elections from Kasba, Purnia and Gaya Town constituencies respectively. The party has also fielded Minnat Rahmani as its candidate from Supaul.
Earlier, on October 17, the Congress party released its first list of 48 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. Voting for the 2025 Bihar elections will be held on November 6 and 11. The results will be announced on November 14.
