With a proper seat-sharing settlement with the opposition Mahagathbandhan nonetheless pending for November’s Bihar meeting elections, the occasion’s flagship Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday launched an entire listing of 143 candidates to vote on, down from the 144 seats it contested within the 2020 elections.
The RJD’s transfer got here on the final day of submitting candidates for the second part of Bihar elections to be held on November 11. Candidates for the primary part of voting, scheduled for November 6, had already submitted their nominations final week, despite the fact that the occasion had not formally launched their names.
RJD’s major face and Chief of Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav (son of occasion supremo Lalu Yadav) will as soon as once more contest from his residence base of Raghopur. A complete of 41 sitting MLAs have been re-elected, together with outstanding leaders reminiscent of Alok Mehta, former minister Chandra Shekhar, Yusuf Salahuddin and Chandrahas Chopal.
The RJD eradicated 36 sitting MLAs and opted for a mixture of newcomers and veteran politicians. Signaling its intention to usher in recent blood, the occasion has fielded a number of younger leaders, together with youth wing president Rajesh Yadav, who will substitute the sitting occasion MLA in Dinara.
Over 35 of the RJD candidates belong to the Yadav (OBC) group and 18 are from the Muslim group. The transfer highlights the occasion’s efforts to strengthen its core Muslim Yadav (MY) vote base. The occasion has fielded 20 candidates from Scheduled Caste (SC) communities and one from Scheduled Tribe (ST) teams. It additionally nominated 24 feminine candidates.
The RJD has given ticket to Shahnawaz Alam, son of late occasion chief Taslimuddin from Jokihat, the place AIMIM had beforehand held the seat. The occasion has additionally nominated Osama Shahab, son of former RJD strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin, to interchange sitting MP Harishankar Yadav from Raghunathpur.
Different notable candidates on the RJD’s listing embody former Congress chief Awadh Bihari Chaudhary (Siwan), former Banker MP Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav (Jhaja), former MP MAA Fatmi’s son Faraz Fatmi (Keoti) and former MP Chaudhry Mehboob Ali Qaiser’s son Mohammed Salahuddin (Simri). Bakhtiarpur),
Lal’s shut aides Bhola Yadav (Bahadurpur) and Shakti Singh (Hilsa), in addition to Syed Abu Dojana (Sursand), whose firm is constructing a shopping center in Patna, are being investigated for IRCTC fraud.
Former Congress president Uday Narayan Chaudhary has been elected from Sikandra (Jamui) whereas RJD nationwide vice chairman Shivanand Tiwari’s son Rahul Tiwari has been retained from Shahpur. Former JD(U) chief Santosh Kushwaha, who not too long ago switched to RJD, was given RJD ticket by Damdaha towards JD(U) minister Leshi Singh.
As a part of the reforms, the occasion shifted Jehanabad MLA Suday Yadav to the Kurta seat and fielded Mala Pushpam from Hasanpur instead of chief Tej Pratap Yadav, the eldest son of ousted Lal.
The RJD has chosen to not renominate a number of occasion legislators who switched allegiance to the NDA throughout the 2022 flooring take a look at within the state meeting. These defectors embody Chetan Anand, Neelam Devi, Prahlad Yadav, Vibha Devi, Sangeeta Devi and Prakash Vir.
“Pleasant Combat”
The Congress fielded a complete of 60 candidates in three lists. In 2020, the occasion contested 70 seats and received solely 19 seats in comparison with RJD’s 75 seats. Because the Mahagathbandhan has to date didn’t announce a seat-sharing deal for the state’s 243 seats, there are a number of constituencies the place the occasion’s allies, together with Left events and Mukesh Sahni’s Vikashir Insaan Celebration (VIP), are contesting towards one another in addition to towards the ruling occasion. N.D.A. For instance, the RJD and Congress are more likely to be locked in a “pleasant battle” over six seats the place each events have fielded their respective candidates. These seats embody Narkatiganj, Lalganj, Vaishali, Sultanganj, Kahalgaon and Sikandra. The final day for withdrawal of nominations within the first part ended on Monday, whereas the second part is scheduled for Thursday.
The RJD additionally fielded candidates in some constituencies contested by the Congress in 2020, together with Bihariganj and Warisarigunj seats.
(Data supplied by Santosh Singh in Patna)
