PATNA: With Congress announcing that it would not field a candidate in the biennial election to Bihar Legislative Council under the MLA quota, all the seven candidates from RJD, JD-U and BJP are likely to get elected unopposed.
Bihar Congress legislature party leader Ajit Sharma said on Wednesday that his party would not field anyone as it did not have the requisite numerical strength in the state Assembly.
RJD has fielded Munni Rajak, a fisherwoman who is also the general secretary of the party’s state women’s cell. While the decision surprised many, Munni’s oratory skills are said to have worked in her favour.
Similarly, RJD’s youth wing president Qari Sohaib, also known to be a sincere worker, has been awarded the MLC seat. The third candidate is Ashok Kumar Pandey, whose family has been with RJD for a long time, as his father, Shivbachan Pandey, was associated with it for 30 years.
Meanwhile, JD-U’s MLC candidates Afaque Ahmad Khan and Ravindra Singh have also been with Nitish Kumar since the 1980s. Khan is now the party’s national general secretary while Singh is the national secretary. BJP’s candidates Anil Sharma and Hari Sahni are also known to be dedicated workers.