Bihar state Congress President Rajesh Kumar Ram addresses a press conference, in Patna on Saturday. (ANI Photo)
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Thursday released the first list of its candidates for the upcoming Bihar elections. The first list included names of 48 candidates. The opposition Mahagathbandhan is yet to finalise its seat-sharing arrangement among its partners, including the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress, and other allies.Key points
- State Congress chief Rajesh Ram to contest from Kutumba seat
- Congress legislative party leader Shakeel Ahmad Khan from Kadwa.
The assembly elections in Bihar on 243 seats are scheduled to be held in two phases on November 6 and 11. The counting of votes has been scheduled for November 14.The final date for filing a nomination for the phase of the assembly elections is October 17, while that for the phase is October 20.The main contest will be between the NDA, led by the BJP and Janata Dal (United), and the INDIA alliance, spearheaded by Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). The INDIA alliance is aiming to unseat Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who currently leads the NDA in the state. Here’s the full list
- Bagaha Jayesh Mangal Singh
- Nautan Amit Giri
- Chanpatia Abhishek Ranjan
- Bettiah Wasi Ahmed
- Raxaul Shyam Bihari Prasad
- Govindganj Shashi Bhushan Rai @ Gappu Rai
- Riga Amit Kumar Singh Tunna
- Bathnaha-SC Er. Navin Kumar
- Benipatti Nalini Ranjan Jha
- Phulparas Subodh Mandal
- Forbesganj Manoj Vishwas
- Bahadurganj Prof. Maswar Alam @Prof. Mushabbir Alam
- Kadwa Shakeel Ahmad Khan
- Manihari-ST Manohar Prasad Singh
- Korha-SC Punam Paswan
- Sonbarsha-SC Sarita Devi
- Benipur Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary
- Sakra-SC Umesh Ram
- Muzaffarpur Bijendra Chaudhary
- Gopalganj Om Prakash Garg
- Kuchaikote Hari Narain Kushwah
- Lalganj Aditya Kumar Raja
- Vaishali Sanjeev Singh
- Raja Pakar-SC Pratima Kumari
- Rosera-SC Braj Kishore Ravi
- Bachhwara Shiv Prakash Garib Das
- Begusarai Amita Bhushan
- Khagaria Chandan Yadav
- Beldaur Mithlesh Kumar Nishad
- Bhagalpur Ajeet Kumar Sharma
- Sultanganj Lalan Yadav
- Amarpur Jitendra Singh
- Lakhisarai Amresh Kumar (Anish)
- Barbigha Trisuldhari Singh
- Biharsharif Omair Khan
- Nalanda Kaushlendra Kumar “Chote Mukhiya”
- Harnaut Arun Kumar Bind
- Kumhrar Indradeep Chandravanshi
- Patna Sahib Shashant Shekhar
- Bikram Anil Kumar Singh
- Buxar Sanjay Kumar Tiwari
- Rajpur-SC Vishwanath Ram
- Chenari-SC Mangal Ram
- Kargahar Santosh Mishra
- Kutumba-SC Rajesh Ram
- Aurangabad Anand Shanakr Singh
- Wazirganj Awadesh Kumar Singh
- Hisua Nitu Kumari