Patna: Among the handful of candidates who filed their nomination papers on the opening day for Bihar assembly elections was Lalu Prasad Yadav — not the RJD chief, but his lesser-known namesake who has made a name for himself by contesting elections frequently, often with little success.

The 45-year-old, a resident of Jado Rahimpur village in Saran district, filed his papers on Friday from Marhaura assembly constituency, which falls under Saran Lok Sabha seat — a constituency long associated with the more prominent Lalu Prasad, who made his parliamentary debut from there in 1977.

Talking to PTI over phone from his native village, around 150 km from the state capital, Yadav recalled having "contested an election for the first time in 2001 when I stood for the post of a ward councillor".

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