PATNA: JD(U)'s lone candidate for the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha Khiru Mahto (68), who was nominated by the party in place of Union minister RCP Singh, on Monday filed nomination before the returning officer-cum secretary, Bihar Vidhan Sabha, in presence of CM Nitish Kumar and many top NDA leaders.
Accompanied by Nitish, JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, the BJP state president Sanjay Jaiswal, deputy CM Tar Kishor Prasad and scores of senior leaders from both the parties, Khiru turned up before the returning officer around 1.30 pm and filed his nomination papers.
