Chirag names state LJP(RV) chief among 14 candidates

Patna: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Wednesday allotted his party LJP(RV) symbol to state president Raju Tiwary from Govindganj and to Hulas Pandey from Brahmapur while releasing the list of 14 candidates from his quota of 29 seats given by the BJP as part of the NDA seat-sharing agreement to contest the assembly elections on Nov 6 and 11.

Apart from Raju Tiwari and Hulas, LJP(RV) has fielded Seemant Mrinal (Garkha), Sanjay Kumar Singh (Simri Bakhtiyarpur), Vishnu Dev Paswan (Darouli), Surendra Kumar (Sahebpur Kamal), Sanjay Kumar (Bakhri), Babulal Shaurya (Parbatta), Mithun Kumar (Nathnagar), Sunil Kumar (Paliganj), Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Dehri), Sangeeta Devi (Balrampur), Rani Kumari (Makhdumpur) and Prakash Chandra (Obra).

The number of seats each NDA constituent will contest in Bihar was announced on Sunday, but confusion on constituencies persisted till Wednesday though the last date for filing nomination papers for the first phase of polls for 121 seats on Nov 6 ends on Oct 17.

Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha were not happy with the numbers and then with the constituencies being given to their parties.