Imprisoned in connection with the murder of a Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) supporter, JD(U) candidate and local strongman Anant Kumar Singh is cruising toward a decisive victory in the Mokama Assembly seat, having secured 91,416 votes so far. He holds a commanding lead of 28,206 votes over the RJD’s Veena Devi, who has garnered 63,210 votes.

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Jan Suraaj’s Priyadarshi Piyush trails in third place with 19,365 votes, well behind the frontrunners. Veena Devi is the wife of Surajbhan Singh, the rival ‘ bahubali ’ of Anant Singh.

Posters have appeared in his constituency ahead of his expected release, declaring, “ Jail ka faatak tootega, hamara sher chhutega (The prison gates will break, our lion w

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