The NDA suffered an embarrassing setback on Saturday as the Election Commission rejected the nomination papers of a key candidate on “technical grounds”. The Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) had fielded Bhojpuri actor-turned-politician Seema Singh as its candidate from Marhoura — one of 29 seats allocated to the party under a seat-sharing arrangement. The constituency is now likely to witness a direct contest between sitting RJD MLA Jitendra Kumar Rai and Jan Suraaj Party candidate Abhay Singh.

“We have submitted a representation before the Election Commission. The situation has arisen because of a small lapse. Hopefully, it will be resolved,” PTI quoted Paswan as saying.

The poll body also rejected the papers of former JD(U) leader Altaf Alam Raju, who had entered the f

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