The elections will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11. Earlier, the party had released two lists, the first with 71 names and the second with 12.
Other prominent state leaders, include Nand Kishor Ram (Ramnagar–SC), Sanjay Pandey (Narkatiaganj), Ram Singh (Bagaha) and former minister Vinay Bihari (Lauriya).
The leaders arrived in Patna after attending the party's CEC meeting in Delhi on Tuesday evening.
Interacting with BJP workers in the poll-bound state through the NaMo app, the prime minister asserted the need to make every booth strong to ensure the party's victory.
PM Modi exuded confidence that Bihar will celebrate another Diwali on November 14 -- when the assembly poll results will be declared -- by celebrating NDA's victory, and women are going to play a key role in ensuring that.
After filing his nomination, Tejashwi launched a sharp attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, claiming that the Janata Dal (United) is no longer under his control.
The party has fielded Vishnu Dev Paswan from Darauli assembly constituency and Raju Tiwari from Govindganj.
The BJP fielded new candidates in nine assembly constituencies.Former IPS officer Anand Mishra will contest from the Buxar seat. Mishra recently joined the party after quitting Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraj.
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In the list comprising 57 candidates, there are five seats that were reportedly eyed by Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas).
In 2020, the JD(U) had contested 115 seats and the BJP 110, while Paswan’s party went solo. The ongoing seat-sharing impasse has delayed the NDA’s full-fledged campaign rollout. Bihar goes to the polls in two phases on November 6 and 11, with results to be declared on November 14.
JDU and BJP are contesting 101 seats each in the election to the 243-member Bihar Assembly. The remaining seats are divided between Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha and Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
Prashant Kishor had announced that he will contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held in two phases on November 6 and 11
While the list features both the Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha, the BJP has dropped Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav from the Patna Sahib seat, which he has represented since 2010.
JD(U)'s list comes a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party released the name of 71 candidates.
JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha had said the party will release its first list of candidates by Wednesday afternoon, followed by the second list in a couple of days
He also claimed that there was "complete chaos" in NDA, and it was still unclear which seats the BJP would contest and where the JD(U) wants to field its candidates.
There were at least 10 seats where multiple candidates were competing for party tickets. Thus the party formed a sub-committee which will be headed by Rajya Sabha member Ajay Maken, says report.
Neeraj Singh has been announced as the Jan Suraaj Party’s candidate from the Sheohar Assembly constituency.
"The party has decided that I should not contest the assembly polls. And therefore, the party has announced another candidate from Raghopur, against Tejashwi Yadav, says Jan Suraaj chief.
The Congress is expected to contest around 58-60 seats but there are differences over five seats with the RJD. Vikassheel Insaan Party leader Mukesh Sahani, who began negotiations demanding 35 seats, has now agreed to 25 seats.
According to sources, the Congress had initially asked for 70 seats, the same number as they had fought in the 2020 Assembly elections. Arguing that the number of constituents in Mahagatbandhan has increased and therefore the 2020 formula can not be implemented in this election, the RJD has offered Congress a lesser tally.
Some of the other important names include senior party leader Ram Kripal Yadav who will contest from Danapur, Prem Kumar from Gaya, former Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad from Katihar, Alok Ranjan Jha from Saharsa, and Mangal Pandey from Siwan.
Polls for the 243-seat Bihar Assembly are set to take place on November 6 and November 11, and the counting of votes will be held on November 14
