The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released its first list of 71 candidates for Bihar Assembly elections.

The party has fielded Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary from Tarapur, Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha from Lakhisarai while State Minister Nitin Nabin from Bankipur and Renu Devi to contest from Bettiah.

The saffron party has fielded Gayatri Devi from Parihar, Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu from Chhatapur, and Tarkishore Prasad from Katihar. Senior party leader Mangal Pandey to contest from Siwan and Dr Prem Kumar will contest from Gaya Town.

Earlier on Sunday, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announced its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Bihar elections, with the BJP and JDU to contest on 101 seats each, the LJP (Ram Vilas) on 29 seats, the Rashtriya Lok Morcha on six seat

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