JD(U) releases its first list of 57 candidates for Bihar assembly polls, including ministers Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Sharwan Kumar, and Madan Sahni. Turncoats like Shyam Rajak also feature. Tejashwi Yadav files nomination from Raghopur for a hat-trick, while Prashant Kishor decides not to contest
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Wednesday announced its first list of 57 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls, with several ministers like Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Sharwan Kumar, and Madan Sahni among nominees. Ministers Ratnesh Sada and Maheshwar Hazari also featured on the list.
The list also included turncoats like Shyam Rajak, who returned to the JD(U), quitting RJD about a year ago, and don-turned politician Anant Kumar Singh, who had filed nomination papers from the Mokama