The Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) on Saturday announced candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections that is scheduled to take place in a few weeks. Party chief Chirag Paswan will be contesting from Hajipur. Others who have been named in this list include Arun Bharti from Jamui, Rajesh Verma from Khagaria, Shambhavi Choudhary from Samastipur and Veena Devi from Vaishali. Bihar will head to polls in all seven phases of the Lok Sabha elections beginning April 19. Chirag Paswan who is the sitting MP from the Jamui seat, has given the seat to Arun Bharti this time. Soon after the announcement, Chirag Paswan urged youths to come forward in politics.
"Our party declared all five candidates today, after days of deliberations. Being a youth myself, I want the maximum youths to come forward in politics. We gave priority to educated young people, who have a good sense of the future and responsibility towards their people and state. two out of five seats have been given to women candidates. We have full faith that we will win these five seats and NDA will win all 40 seats in Bihar," he said.
Interestingly, Shambhavi Choudhary is the daughter of JDU minister Ashok Chaudhary and married to son of Kishore Kunal, secretary of Mahavir Mandir Trust. On March 18, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announced seat-sharing in Bihar for the Lok Sabha polls with the BJP set to contest 17 seats and JD-(U) 16. Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Aawam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) will contest one seat each. Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will contest five seats.
Lok Sabha elections 2024
The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls, the world’s biggest election exercise, will kick off on April 19 with the counting of votes set to take place on June 4 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a bid for a third consecutive term in office.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said over 97 crore voters – 49.7 crore males and 47.1 crore females – were eligible to cast their vote in the polling process spread over 44 days and across 10.5 lakh polling booths. The elections will begin on April 19 followed by subsequent phases on April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1.
(With inputs from agencies)
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