PATNA: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of BJP, JD(U) and LJP on Saturday introduced applicants for 39 out of the 40 parliamentary seats in Bihar whilst manifesting synergy in its blended method and giving representation to quite a lot of numerically principal caste teams in its combat in opposition to Lalu Prasad’s RJD-led alliance within the state. LJP is but to announce its nominee from Khagaria represented through its MP Mehboob Ali Kaiser.
As used to be expected, BJP changed Patna Sahib MP Shatrughan Sinha with Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and shifted its firebrand leader Giriraj Singh from Nawada to Begusarai where CPI is more likely to field former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar and RJD in a triangular contest. Prasad may face Shatrughan, who has reiterated to contest from the similar Patna Sahib seat and is perhaps a Congress candidate this time.
From Nawada, LJP has fielded don-turned-politician Surajbhan Singh’s politically rookie brother Chandan Kumar, as an alternative of the previous’s spouse and sitting Munger MP Veena Devi.
Keeping caste mixture in mind, the NDA checklist figures 13 applicants from higher castes (7 Rajputs, 2 Brahmins, three Bhumihars and one Kayashtha) but even so five Yadavas, three Kushwahas, three Vaishyas and 1 Kurmi among 12 from the backward castes, six from scheduled castes (Dalits), including four from dominant Paswans and 7 from the extraordinarily backward castes to counter the grand alliance, which has introduced its applicants for best four seats going to the polls within the first section on April 11.
Only JD(U) has fielded a Muslim candidate, Mahmood Ashraf, for the Kishanganj seat whilst all of the three NDA companions have named just one girl candidate each and every. A neighborhood businessman, Ashraf had unsuccessfully contested the 2014 election on JD(U) price ticket. Expectedly, the grand alliance companions would field extra Muslim applicants to underscore the traditional Muslim-Yadav mixture previous solid through Lalu within the 1990s, but even so giving representations to other castes and teams.
Given the fact that CM Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) had contested alone and won best 2 seats within the 2014 parliamentary election and got 17 this time within the seat-sharing handle BJP, a tough struggle lies ahead for the saffron birthday party, which had to cede 5 of its sitting seats to the new best friend. Also, probably the most applicants named through JD(U) are not widely recognized faces in political circles.
“Our concerted method has been to house and provides correct representation to quite a lot of caste classes to neutralize the influence of the grand alliance,” state BJP spokesman Nikhil Anand stated.
BJP retained sitting MP Rama Devi from Sheohar whilst LJP has changed its MP Rama Singh with Veena Devi from Vaishali. Kavita Singh (MLA and spouse of sturdy guy Ajay Singh) would be the JD(U) candidate from Siwan where incarcerated former RJD MP Mohamamad Shahabuddin’s spouse Heena Sahab is the most probably candidate from the grand alliance.
The NDA break-up clearly shows that BJP has attempted to mop up the toughen of the upper castes who general account for around 13% of the state’s inhabitants. BJP has fielded 5 Rajputs, two Brahmins, one each and every of Kayastha and Bhumihar). JD(U) and LJP each and every have named one Bhumihar and one Rajput applicants.
Knowing smartly that RJD and its new allies in Upendra Kushwaha, Jitan Ram Manjhi and Mukesh Sahni will constitute other dominant caste teams, JD(U) and BJP have concentrated at the backward and extremely backward castes.
The BJP checklist of applicants has now not thrown up any surprises, because the birthday party retained all of the 5 Union ministers — Radha Mohan Singh (East Champaran/Motihari), Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Buxar), R Ok Singh (Ara), Giriraj Singh (Begusarai) and Ram Kripal Yadav (Patliputra).
Interestingly, BJP retained sitting MPs Chhedi Paswan and Ajay Nishad from Sasaram and Muzaffarpur, respectively, but changed Kirti Jha Azad with former Benipur MLA Gopal Jee Thakur from Darbhanga. Kirti has now joined Congress. BJP has additionally retained its state president and MP Nityanand Rai from Ujiarpur and Rajeev Pratap Rudy from Saran. In Madhubani, BJP has fielded Ashok Kumar Yadav, the son of its sitting MP Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav.
JD(U) has retained both its sitting MPs — Santosh Kumar Kushwaha (Purnia) and Kaushalendra Kumar (Nalanda). It has fielded 14 new faces. Water resources department (WRD) minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, who additionally contested the last parliamentary election, has been fielded from Munger. The birthday party has additionally given tickets to four other MLAs — Ajay Mandal for Bhagalpur, Girdhari Yadav for Banka, minister Dinesh Chandra Yadav for Madhepura and Kavita Singh for Siwan.
BJP nationwide basic secretary and its election in rate for Bihar Bhupender Yadav introduced the checklist within the presence of state JD(U) president Bashishtha Narayan Singh, BJP state president Nityanand Rai and LJP state leader Pashupati Kumar Paras, who will contest from Hajipur, which his elder brother and birthday party leader Ram Vilas Paswan represents. Two other family members of senior Paswan and sitting MPs, son Chirag from Jamui and brother Ramchandra Paswan from Samastipur, shall be a number of the six LJP applicants in Bihar.
As used to be expected, BJP changed Patna Sahib MP Shatrughan Sinha with Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and shifted its firebrand leader Giriraj Singh from Nawada to Begusarai where CPI is more likely to field former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar and RJD in a triangular contest. Prasad may face Shatrughan, who has reiterated to contest from the similar Patna Sahib seat and is perhaps a Congress candidate this time.
From Nawada, LJP has fielded don-turned-politician Surajbhan Singh’s politically rookie brother Chandan Kumar, as an alternative of the previous’s spouse and sitting Munger MP Veena Devi.
Keeping caste mixture in mind, the NDA checklist figures 13 applicants from higher castes (7 Rajputs, 2 Brahmins, three Bhumihars and one Kayashtha) but even so five Yadavas, three Kushwahas, three Vaishyas and 1 Kurmi among 12 from the backward castes, six from scheduled castes (Dalits), including four from dominant Paswans and 7 from the extraordinarily backward castes to counter the grand alliance, which has introduced its applicants for best four seats going to the polls within the first section on April 11.
Only JD(U) has fielded a Muslim candidate, Mahmood Ashraf, for the Kishanganj seat whilst all of the three NDA companions have named just one girl candidate each and every. A neighborhood businessman, Ashraf had unsuccessfully contested the 2014 election on JD(U) price ticket. Expectedly, the grand alliance companions would field extra Muslim applicants to underscore the traditional Muslim-Yadav mixture previous solid through Lalu within the 1990s, but even so giving representations to other castes and teams.
Given the fact that CM Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) had contested alone and won best 2 seats within the 2014 parliamentary election and got 17 this time within the seat-sharing handle BJP, a tough struggle lies ahead for the saffron birthday party, which had to cede 5 of its sitting seats to the new best friend. Also, probably the most applicants named through JD(U) are not widely recognized faces in political circles.
“Our concerted method has been to house and provides correct representation to quite a lot of caste classes to neutralize the influence of the grand alliance,” state BJP spokesman Nikhil Anand stated.
BJP retained sitting MP Rama Devi from Sheohar whilst LJP has changed its MP Rama Singh with Veena Devi from Vaishali. Kavita Singh (MLA and spouse of sturdy guy Ajay Singh) would be the JD(U) candidate from Siwan where incarcerated former RJD MP Mohamamad Shahabuddin’s spouse Heena Sahab is the most probably candidate from the grand alliance.
The NDA break-up clearly shows that BJP has attempted to mop up the toughen of the upper castes who general account for around 13% of the state’s inhabitants. BJP has fielded 5 Rajputs, two Brahmins, one each and every of Kayastha and Bhumihar). JD(U) and LJP each and every have named one Bhumihar and one Rajput applicants.
Knowing smartly that RJD and its new allies in Upendra Kushwaha, Jitan Ram Manjhi and Mukesh Sahni will constitute other dominant caste teams, JD(U) and BJP have concentrated at the backward and extremely backward castes.
The BJP checklist of applicants has now not thrown up any surprises, because the birthday party retained all of the 5 Union ministers — Radha Mohan Singh (East Champaran/Motihari), Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Buxar), R Ok Singh (Ara), Giriraj Singh (Begusarai) and Ram Kripal Yadav (Patliputra).
Interestingly, BJP retained sitting MPs Chhedi Paswan and Ajay Nishad from Sasaram and Muzaffarpur, respectively, but changed Kirti Jha Azad with former Benipur MLA Gopal Jee Thakur from Darbhanga. Kirti has now joined Congress. BJP has additionally retained its state president and MP Nityanand Rai from Ujiarpur and Rajeev Pratap Rudy from Saran. In Madhubani, BJP has fielded Ashok Kumar Yadav, the son of its sitting MP Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav.
JD(U) has retained both its sitting MPs — Santosh Kumar Kushwaha (Purnia) and Kaushalendra Kumar (Nalanda). It has fielded 14 new faces. Water resources department (WRD) minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, who additionally contested the last parliamentary election, has been fielded from Munger. The birthday party has additionally given tickets to four other MLAs — Ajay Mandal for Bhagalpur, Girdhari Yadav for Banka, minister Dinesh Chandra Yadav for Madhepura and Kavita Singh for Siwan.
BJP nationwide basic secretary and its election in rate for Bihar Bhupender Yadav introduced the checklist within the presence of state JD(U) president Bashishtha Narayan Singh, BJP state president Nityanand Rai and LJP state leader Pashupati Kumar Paras, who will contest from Hajipur, which his elder brother and birthday party leader Ram Vilas Paswan represents. Two other family members of senior Paswan and sitting MPs, son Chirag from Jamui and brother Ramchandra Paswan from Samastipur, shall be a number of the six LJP applicants in Bihar.
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