The Janata Dal (U) on Tuesday named party leader and former Minister Sanjay Jha as its candidate for Rajya Sabha election. Mr. Jha is considered to be a close associate of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
“Hon’ble national president of Janata Dal(U) & Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar has decided on Sanjay Kumar Jha(national general secretary and former Minister, govt. of Bihar) as the candidate of the party from Bihar State for the biennial Rajya Sabha election 2024”, said a release by JD(U) general secretary and MLC Afaque Ahmad Khan.
Mr. Jha was the Water Resources Department and Information and Public Relation Department Minister in the previous mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) government and an MLC since 2019. Hailing from Jhanjharpur in Madhubani district, he has been a Minister in Nitish Kumar cabinet three times. He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Darbhanga seat but had lost the election.
