A day after its allies BJP and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) announced their candidates, the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) on Wednesday released its first list of 57 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls.

The list, spanning across a cross-section of reserved and general seats, is a blend of sitting MLAs, senior ministers, new entrants and showcases some significant seat swaps within the NDA.

The party has retained 23 MLAs including Vijay Kumar Choudhary (Sarairanjan), Bijendra Prasad Yadav (Supaul), Shrawon Kumar (Nalanda), Maheshwar Hazari (Kalyanpur), and Kaushal Kishore (Rajgir) – all ministers in the current Nitish Kumar government.

Hazari is the current Deputy Speaker of the Assembly while Shrawon Kumar and Yadav are among the state’s senior-most ministers. Kaushal Kishore

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