The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Tuesday evening announced the names of 22 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar, to be held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1.
The party, which is contesting 23 out of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state this time, is yet to name its nominee for Siwan.
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As per the list issued on Tuesday, RJD has fielded Kumar Sharvjeet (Gaya, reserved), Shrawan Kushwaha (Nawada), Rohini Acharya (Saran), Archana Ravidas (Jamui, reserved), Jayprakash Narayan Yadav (Banka), Bima Bharti (Purnea), Lalit Yadav (Darbhanga), Sudhakar Singh (Buxar), Chandahas Chaupal (Supaul), Misa Bharti (Patliputra), Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla (Vaishali), Abhay Kumar Kushwaha (Aurangabad), Shivchandra Ram (Hajipur, reserved), Shahnawaz Alam (Araria), Surendra Prasad (Jahanabad), Anita Devi Mahto (Munger), Alok Kumar Mehta (Ujiarpur), Arjun Rai (Sitamarhi), Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi (Madhubani), Dipak Yadav (Valmiki Nagar), Ritu Jaiswal (Sheohar), and Kumar Chandradeep (Madhepura).
पार्टी के केंद्रीय और राज्य संसदीय बोर्ड द्वारा प्रत्याशी चयन एवं निर्णय लेने के लिए अधिकृत राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष आदरणीय श्री लालू प्रसाद जी ने आगामी लोकसभा चुनाव के लिए निम्नलिखित उम्मीदवारों के नाम पर अपनी स्वीकृति दी है। #Bihar #RJD pic.twitter.com/Oe9x1S96dp
— Rashtriya Janata Dal (@RJDforIndia) April 9, 2024
The party has not yet announced candidate for the Siwan seat. Hina Shahab, wife of ex Siwan MP Shahabuddin and RJD leader had fought 2009, 2014 and 2019 elections on RJD symbol but she was unable to win any of the elections. She has announced to fight 2024 election as an independent candidate from the Siwan seat.
The RJD has given a ticket to Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla, considered a strongman in the Vaishali and Lalganj areas. Shukla will challenge Veena Devi of the LJPR.
Also, Anita Devi Mahto, the wife of Bahubali leader Ashok Mahto, has been fielded against former JD-U National President Lalan Singh from the Munger Lok Sabha seat.
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