Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Wednesday announced the candidature of his brother-in-law Arun Bharti from Jamui (reserved) Lok Sabha seat from where he was elected in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Mr. Paswan, earlier, had said he would contest from Hajipur (reserved) seat, which his father Ram Vilas Paswan had represented eight times.
Chirag Paswan is yet to announce names of candidates for three seats — Samastipur, Khagaria and Vaishali. As part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar, LJP (RV) was allocated five seats to contest out of the total 40 seats. The BJP would be contesting 17 seats, JD(U) 16 while the other two allies — Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha would stand in one seat each. Mr. Paswan, though, is likely to announce the names of party candidates to the remaining three seats soon as he had earlier stated that he would announce the names of candidates to these three seats after the festival of Holi.
“I promise you all that he, my brother-in-law Arun Bharti, would prove to be a good MP from Jamui seat,” Mr. Paswan said while addressing party workers and leaders. Jamui constituency is scheduled to go to the polls in the first phase on April 19.
