Lalganj (Bihar) [India], October 29 (ANI): With the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections set to commence within eight days, Lalganj constituency in Vaishali district, where Bharatiya Janata Party's sitting MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh will look to defend his seat.

Mahagathbandhan has seated Rashtriya Janata Dal's Shivani Shukla, the daughter of former Bihar legislator Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla, who was convicted and awarded life imprisonment in connection with the 1998 murder of former minister Brij Bihari. However, there are no criminal cases against Shivani Shukla.

Vijay Kumar Shukla had a stronghold on the seat, having won in 2005 and then in the fresh elections held in October 2005, from the Lok Janshakti Party and Janata Dal (United), respectively. In 2010, his wife

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