The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Thursday released a list of 42 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Elections 2020. Rameshwar Chaurasia, Usha Vidyarthi and Rajendra Singh - BJP leaders who had recently joined the party to contest from Sasaram, Paliganj and Dinara respectively.
As per a report in IANS, BJP leader Ram Sanjeevan Singh of Bhojpur, Devesh Sharma of Jehanabad, Ramavatar Singh of Gaya, RS Singh, former JD-U vice president of Aurangabad district and Kapil Dev Singh, who was the former JD-U vice-president of Khagaria are expected to join the LJP.
The LJP on Sunday quit the NDA citing ideological differences with JD(U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Chirag Paswan has announced that the LJP will field candidates against Nitish Kumar's JD(U), but extend 'support' to the BJP. The party is a constituent of the NDA at the Centre. The party is likely to contest from 143 seats.
Chirag is the son of LJP founder and Union minister Ramvilas Paswan. Ramvilas is currently unwell and undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital. Chirag has been vocal against Nitish for sometime, but refrained from commenting on the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Meanwhile, the Centre had permitted political gatherings with certain conditions in poll-bound Bihar and also in those constituencies where bypolls are to be held with the maximum number of people in a close space or a hall capped at 200 while in an open space, it will depend on the area.
As per the conditions, for holding political gatherings in closed spaces, a maximum of 50 per cent of the hall capacity will be allowed with a ceiling of 200 persons and wearing of face masks, maintaining social distancing, provision for thermal scanning and use of hand wash or sanitizers will be mandatory.
The three-phased Bihar assembly elections will begin from October 27. The result will be declared on November 10.
