BackBihar polls: BJP releases second list of candidates, 14 MLAs denied tickets
BJP has now announced candidates for 142 out of the 160 seats it will contest in the elections for the 243-member Bihar assembly
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New Delhi: Refusing renomination to 14 more sitting MLAs, the BJP on Saturday night came out with its second list of 99 party candidates for Bihar assembly polls, taking to 142 the total number of seats for which it has declared its nominees out of the 160 it will contest.
Besides refusal of tickets to many of its sitting MLAs, a highlight of Saturday’s announcement was the accommodation of a few members of Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) who will contest on the BJP’s symbol. The party also gave tickets to son of its two MPs, Ashwini Choubey and former state party chief C.P. Thakur. The party’s central election committee, headed by president Amit Shah, finalized the names in an over two-hour meeting that was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and almost all other members.
BJP leader J.P. Nadda said announcement of party candidates for 18 more seats will be made in the coming days. In its first list 43 candidates released on 16 September, BJP had denied tickets to five of its sitting MLAs. BJP allies LJP, RLSP and HAM will fight on 40, 23 and 20 seats, respectively. PTI
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