Rameshwar Chaurasia, Usha Vidyarthi and Rajendra Singh - BJP leaders who had recently joined the party to contest from Sasaram, Paliganj and Dinara respectively.
The list, released by the senior party leader Vashistha Narayan Singh, also contains the name of Chandrika Rai, the former father-in-law of Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tej Pratap Yadav, who will contest the election from Parsa seat in Vaishali district. Chandrika Rai joined the JD(U) in August.
As per the new rule set by the ECI, a maximum of 30 star campaigners have been allowed for recognised national/state political parties, while 15 have been permitted for unrecognised registered political parties.
The Congress party on Wednesday released a list of 21 candidates for the first phase of upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections. As part of the the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan, the Congress will contest on 68 of the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly.
The Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party have signed a seat-sharing deal for the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released the first list of 27 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar.
The ruling NDA in Bihar on Tuesday announced its seat-sharing formula for the assembly elections. As per the agreement, the JD(U) will contest from 122 seats and BJP 121 seats.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday made it clear that Nitish Kumar will be Chief Minister 'whatever may be the outcome in terms of numbers' post-Assembly elections in Bihar.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday sealed a seat-sharing deal for the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar. As per the formula, the JD(U) will contest from 122 seats and the BJP from 121 seats.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday sealed a seat-sharing deal for the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar. As per the formula, the JD(U) will contest from 122 seats and the BJP from 121 seats.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajendra Singh on Tuesday joined the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP). Singh joined the LJP in presence of party's national president Chirag Paswan in Delhi, news agency ANI reported.
A day after the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) walked out of the NDA in Bihar, party president Chirag Paswan appealed the people to vote against Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and claimed that an alliance of his party and the BJP will come to power in the state after the Assembly polls.
Chirag Paswan-led LJP walked out of the alliance with Nitish on Sunday. Shreyasi Singh, daughter of late Digvijay Singh and Putul Kumari (of Gidhour) joined the BJP on Sunday. There's a buzz that Shreyasi might contest from Jamui or nearby Amarpur. Here's a look at what Chirag Paswan walking alone might mean for 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections.
The BJP's Central Election Committee (CEC), which decides who gets to fight the polls and from which constituency, concluded its meeting late on Sunday after finalising names for almost all candidates for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections on the seats over which ally JD-U has not staked its claim.
The Lok Janshakti Party's decision to walk out of the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar has upended conventional wisdom and thrown open new possibilities in the three-phase assembly elections starting from October 28.
A 37-year-old Dalit leader was gunned down at his residence in Bihars Purnea district on Sunday and his wife alleged that it was a political killing as her husband was preparing to contest Assembly election as an independent candidate after he was expelled from the RJD.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday appointed former Maharashtra Chief Minister and party leader Devendra Fadnavis as its in-charge for the Bihar assembly elections, the party said in a statement.
Fadnavis, who visited the Chhinnamastika Devi temple in Ramgarh, about 70 km from Ranchi, refused to elaborate and only added that he was on a spiritual visit.
The Congress on Wednesday is expected to discuss the seat-sharing formula with its allies for the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar, and the party has called its leaders from Bihar to Delhi.
To ensure social distancing norms during the counting of votes in Bihar assembly polls, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday issued guidelines which include reduction in the number of counting tables along with an increase in the number of counting halls to ensure that results are not delayed.delayed.
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