BJP releases names of 46 nominees for phase-two of Bihar elections

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday released a list of 46 candidates for the 2nd phase of the Bihar elections slated for November 3, including Nand Kishore Yadav from the prestigious Patna Sahib constituency. Renu Devi has been fielded from Betia and AshaSinha from Danapur. Siwan seat will see BJP's Om Prakash Yadav in the fray and Avdesh Singh in Hajipur. Kundan Singh has been fielded from Begusarai, RohitPande from Bhagalpur, and Subhash Singh from Gopalganj.

The 46 candidates were given the nod in BJP'sThe BJP on Sunday released a list of 46 candidates for the 2nd phase of the Bihar elections slated for November 3, including Nand Kishore Yadav from the prestigious Patna Sahib constituency, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Road Transport Minister NitinGadkari and others. The two BJP lists released earlier had the names of 27 and two candidates. 

The BJP got 121 of the total 243 seats in Bihar and ally Janata Dal-United 122 seats. The JD-U was expected to accommodate Hindustani AwamMorcha in its quota of seats and the BJP VikassheelInsaan Party.

On October 7, the BJP had allocated 11 seats to the VikassheelInsaan Party from its own quota, thus choosing to contest 110 seats in all. (IANS)

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