The Bihar meeting elections featured a stunning mixture of veterans, caste leaders, newcomers and controversial strongmen in the course of the marketing campaign. Their efficiency is as follows.
Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary has turn into some of the talked-about candidates within the Bihar elections after Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishore allegedly lied about his age, involvement in an outdated homicide case and academic background in his affidavit.
Chaudhary, who contested the meeting elections from Tarapur for the primary time in 15 years, defeated his nearest rival Arun Kumar of the RJD by a margin of over 45,000 votes. A pacesetter of the Koeri/Kushwaha faction, he represents some of the influential OBC teams within the state, which has been on the middle of latest political realignment. Her father, Shakuni Chaudhary, is a multi-term MLA and MP, whereas her mom, Parvati Devi, is a former Tarapur meeting member.
Chaudhary began his political profession within the RJD and joined Rabri Devi’s cupboard in 1999 as a minister with out changing into an MP. He was first elected to the meeting elections from Parbatta in 2000 on an RJD ticket and once more in 2010. He moved to JD(U) in 2014 and served because the city improvement and housing minister within the Jitan Ram Manjhi authorities. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Celebration in 2017 and shortly rose by way of the ranks to turn into MLC, state vp, and at last state president in March 2023.
Tej Pratap Yadav (Janshakti Janata Dal, defeated)
Lalu Prasad’s eldest son Tej Pratap Yadav, who was expelled from the RJD and its “first household” in Might, floated the Janshakti Janata Dal and contested the mahua spot on the ticket, ending third behind the LJP (RV) and the RJD.
His political profession started in 2015 when he gained Mahua, defeating HAM(S)’s Ravindra Ray by a margin of over 28,000 votes. He served as Minister of Well being from November 2015 to July 2017 and is credited with main the institution of a public medical faculty and hospital in Mahwah.
In 2020, he shifted base to Hasanpur and defeated JD(U)’s Raj Kumar Ray by a margin of over 21,000 votes. After the RJD-JD(U) re-formation in 2022, he returned as Minister of Setting, Forests and Local weather Change. He launched the JJD in September after initially asserting his candidacy as an unbiased.
Tej Pratap was within the information earlier this 12 months when he was expelled from the get together by his father over social media posts about his private life. Tey Pratap married former minister Chandrika Roy’s daughter Aishwarya Rai in 2018, however the marriage fell aside inside months resulting from allegations of home violence. Their divorce proceedings are nonetheless pending.
Anant Singh (JDU, winner)
Anant Singh, a Bhumihar strongman who has been influential within the Mokama area for a few years, was within the information in the course of the election interval after he was arrested in reference to a killing throughout a political conflict. The JD(U) chief, who contested from Mokama, regionally often called the “capital of Bhumihars”, defeated RJD’s Veena Devi by a margin of over 30,000 votes.
Singh, often called Chhote Sarkar, has filed greater than 50 legal circumstances since 1979, together with costs of homicide, kidnapping and extortion. In 2015, he was arrested after an intensive police raid and later registered with the UAPA following the seizure of an AK-47 and a hand grenade throughout a 2019 raid. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2022, however was acquitted in 2024 resulting from inadequate proof, paving the best way for him to return to politics.
He has served time in jail 5 occasions. He was launched in the course of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and attracted consideration when he was seen campaigning for JD(U) chief Lallan Singh.
His political achievements will be traced again to his elder brother Dilip Singh, regionally often called ‘Bade Sarkar’, who contested elections from Mokama within the Eighties. After Dilip’s demise in 2006, Anant strengthened his grip on the constituency by working as an unbiased from varied political events. After his conviction in 2022, his spouse gained the seat in a bypoll on an RJD ticket.
Maithili Thakur (Bharatiya Janata Celebration, victory)
Maithili Thakur is likely one of the most distinguished spokespersons of Mithilanchal and was one of many youngest candidates within the elections from Alinagar for the Bharatiya Janata Celebration. She defeated RJD’s Vinod Mishra by a margin of over 11,000 votes.
A family identify in northern India, Thakur is understood for his performances of Maithili, Bhojpuri, Hindi, and Sufi music (together with Sohar, Nirgun Geet, Bhajan, Ram Sita Viva Geet, Kaziris, Holis, Chaitis, Ghazals, and devotional music), typically accompanied by his brothers Rishabh and Ayachi. Her recognition skyrocketed in the course of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya after her Ram Bhajan video went viral. She at present has hundreds of thousands of followers on YouTube, Instagram, and Fb.
Osama Shahab (RJD, winner)
Osama Shahab, son of late RJD strongman Shahabuddin, made his electoral debut from Raghunathpur in Siwan district and attracted intense consideration as he attacked the RJD for accusing the NDA of “paying again” to relations with legal information.
Osama defeated JD(U)’s Vikash Kumar Singh by a margin of over 9,000 votes. His candidacy was seen as an try by the RJD to regain floor within the constituency, which has a big Muslim inhabitants of 24-25%.
His appointment comes after months of reconciliation efforts with the Shahabuddin household after relations soured following the demise of a robust Siwan determine in 2021. The development in relations started in August 2024, when Lalu Prasad met Shahabuddin’s spouse Hena Shahab. Two months later, Hena and Osama formally joined the RJD.
