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JD(U) gives Sheohar ticket to Shahid Ali Khan replacing Sabir Ali

Patna:  Shahid Ali Khan, the lone Muslim face in the Nitish Kumar government has been given JD(U)ticket to contest from Sheohar parliamentary seat in place of Sabir Ali.After consultations with JD(U) national president Sharad Yadav,

In a quick damage control exercise, the Bihar Police had given a clean chief to the JD(U) minister on the basis of reports by the police chiefs of East Champaran and Sitamarhi districts.

After the opposition created a ruckus in the state legislature during the brief budget session last month, the minister had famously said “My name is Khan, but I am not a terrorist.”

The chief minister had strongly defended the minister and slammed the central paramilitary force for making unsubstantiated charges and rebuked it for not following proper procedure in the matter.