Bihar polls BJP releases second list of 12 candidates fields singer Maithili Thakur from Alinagar

New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) The BJP on Wednesday released its second list of 12 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, fielding singer Maithili Thakur from Alinagar seat and former IPS officer Anand Mishra from Buxar.
     According to the list, Ram Chandra Prasad will contest from Hayaghat seat, while Chhoti Kumari and Rakesh Ojha from Chhapra and Shahpur, respectively.
     Birendra Kumar and Mahesh Paswan will fight the polls from Rosera and Agiaon seats, reserved for the Scheduled Castes.
     According to the list, Ranjan Kumar will contest from Muzaffarpur and Subhash Singh from Gopalganj seat.
     With this, the BJP has announced names of a total of 83 candidates for the assembly polls so far.
     It released the first list of 71 candidates for the elections on Tuesday, fielding Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha from Tarapur and Lakhisarai seats, respectively, and six state ministers.
     The first list also included nine women candidates, including sitting Minister Renu Devi, who will seek re-election from the Bettiah assembly constituency. Shreyasi Singh, a sitting MLA and Arjuna awardee, will contest from the Jamui seat, seeking another term.
     Minister Mangal Pandey is set to contest from Siwan, while four other ministers including Nitin Nabin from Bankipur, Nitish Mishra (Jhanjharpur), Krishna Kumar Mantoo (Amnour) and Prem Kumar (Gaya Town) were also named in the list announced on Tuesday.
     Former deputy chief minister Tarkishore Prasad will join the fray from the Katihar seat, Sanjay Sarogi from Darbhanga, Kundan Kumar from Begusarai, Rohit Pandey from Bhagalpur, Kumar Pranay from Munger and Ramkripal Yadav from Danapur.
     The elections for the 243-member Bihar Assembly are scheduled to be held in two phases on November 6 and 11. The counting of votes will take place on November 14.

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