Patna: RJD announces 22 candidates for Lok Sabha polls including Lalu Prasad’s daughters; gangster-turned-politician Munna Shukla to contest from Vaishali seat. The party has former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya from Saran and Misa Bharti from Pataliputra constituencies.
Lalu’s daughter Misa Bharti is not new to politics, having previously served as a Rajya Sabha MP representing the RJD. Misa has contested elections from Patliputra twice in the past, but she faced defeat on both occasions.
Ram Kripal Yadav has been representing the Pataliputra constituency since 2014. Yadav defeated RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Misha (Misa) Bharti in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Pataliputra constituency was a part of the Patna constituency till 2008. Yadav won the Patna seat in 1993, 1996 and 2004.
“The National President Hon’ble Shri Lalu Prasad Ji, authorized by the party’s Central and State Parliamentary Board to select and take decisions on candidates, has given his approval to the names of the following candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections”, posted RJD on X.
The RJD, which is in alliance with the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, has given tickets to Bima Bharti from Purnia, Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla from Vaishali and Shahnawaz Alam from Araria. Ritu Jaiswal has got the ticket from Shivhar.
In the 2009 elections, Lalu Yadav emerged victorious from Saran. However, following his conviction in the fodder scam, he was disqualified from contesting elections. Consequently, Rabri Devi contested from this seat in 2014. Despite this, all RJD’s efforts were in vain against the Modi wave, and Rajiv Pratap Rudy secured victory, returning to parliament.
In the 2019 elections, BJP’s Rajiv Pratap Rudy secured victory once again with 4,99,342 votes, while RJD’s Chandrika Rai received 3,60,913 votes. Similarly, in 2014, Rajiv Pratap Rudy defeated RJD’s Rabri Devi with 3,55,120 votes to 3,14,172 votes.
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