Patna: The JD(U) has announced the names of its four candidates for the Bihar Legislative Council elections to the teachers’ and graduate seats. The JD(U) has announced the names of candidates for four constituencies. Among them is the name of MLC Neeraj Kumar. The JD(U) will contest four of the eight teacher-graduate seats.
The JD(U) will contest the elections on Patna Graduate, Tirhut Graduate, Saran and Darbhanga Teachers’ seats. Senior JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar has once again got a chance. He is currently an MLC from this seat.
List of JDU candidates
- Patna Graduates’ Constituency – Neeraj Kumar
- Tirhut Graduates’ Constituency – Abhishek Jha
- Saran Teachers’ Constituency – Anand Pushkar
- Darbhanga Teachers’ Constituency – Dhanshyam Rai
JD(U) MLA from Mokama, Anant Singh, was opposing Neeraj Kumar’s candidature. He has also fielded his candidate against Neeraj Kumar. He has openly said that he will try his best to defeat Neeraj Kumar. He will try to win his candidate.
Anant Singh is angry with Neeraj Kumar
Earlier, Anant Singh did not attend the JD(U)’s orientation meeting. “I am not angry with the party. There may be a bit of frustration, but it’s not anger. Independent candidate Anuj Singh is our candidate. We will oppose Neeraj Kumar. That is, Anant Singh will campaign against his own party’s official candidate Neeraj Kumar. Actually, Anant Singh says that Neeraj Kumar has always opposed him. If Neeraj opposes in all the elections, how can he be supported?
Jan Suraj Party is also contesting the elections.
Jan Suraj Party (JSP) founder and Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor on Sunday announced the names of five candidates for the Bihar Legislative Council elections. The Jan Suraj Party has decided to field Divya Jyoti, S P Rai and Afaq Ahmed from Patna, Darbhanga and Saran teachers’ constituencies respectively. Ravindra Yadav and Rajneesh Ranjan will contest from Darbhanga and Kosi graduates’ constituencies respectively. The names of the candidates for the rest of the constituencies — Tirhut Teacher, Tirhut Graduate and Patna Graduate — will be announced soon.
