BJP Announces Candidates For All 101 Seats In Bihar Assembly Elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced its candidates for all 101 assembly constituencies allotted to it under the seat-sharing arrangement with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the upcoming Bihar elections, according to PTI.

The party released its third and final list of 18 nominees on Wednesday evening. Earlier, it had announced a second list of 12 candidates, including singer Maithili Thakur from Alinagar and former IPS officer Anand Mishra from Buxar. On Tuesday, the first list of 71 candidates included Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary from Tarapur and Vijay Kumar Sinha from Lakhisarai, along with six state ministers.

According to PTI, the third list includes Bina Devi, contesting from Kochadhaman, and Sangeeta Kumari from Mohania, a seat reserved for Scheduled Castes. Other candidates announced are Sanjay Pandey from Narkatiaganj, Satish Kumar Yadav from Raghopur, Bharat Bind from Bhabua, Murari Paswan from Pirpainti (SC), and Ashok Kumar Singh from Ramgarh.

BJP’s Bihar polls in-charge, Dharmendra Pradhan, had stated on Sunday that both the BJP and Janata Dal (United) would contest 101 seats each in the assembly elections, while the Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) would field candidates on 29 seats.

The 243-member Bihar Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in two phases on 6 and 11 November, with counting of votes set for 14 November, PTI reported.

(With inputs from PTI)