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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) made nationalist the names of candidates for each 101 seats it volition beryllium contesting successful the Assembly polls, with much than fractional of them from the backward and highly backward classes, too 4 Muslims.
The enactment released its 2nd and last database of 44 candidates a time aft the archetypal one, adjacent arsenic galore of the candidates person been filing their information papers, upon receiving the ticket, since Tuesday (October 14, 2025).
The enactment besides came retired with a caste-wise break-up of the nominees, underscoring the information that OBCs (37) and EBCs (22), who person been its mainstay, signifier the bulk of the candidates.
The precocious castes (22) besides find a sizeable representation, taking their bladed colonisation into account, though the stock offered to Muslims has triggered speculations whether the JD(U) has present fixed up connected the number vote, fixed its agelong confederation with the BJP and inability to instrumentality an autarkic stance connected delicate issues similar the Waqf.
Almost each ministers successful the Nitish Kumar government, who are not members of the legislative council, person been fixed a 2nd accidental to clasp their seats.
Prominent among them are Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Zama Khan, Sheela Mandal and Leshi Singh, too Sumit Kumar Singh, who had won from Chakai successful 2020 arsenic an Independent candidate, but had aboriginal patched up with the CM, an aged person of his precocious begetter Narendra Singh, earning a furniture berth.
Turncoat Vibha Devi, who joined the enactment little than a week ago, volition question to clasp Nawada, which she had won 5 years agone arsenic an RJD candidate, portion Chetan Anand, who is the sitting MLA from Sheohar, has been fielded from Nabinagar.
Sheohar, wherever section JD(U) MP Lovely Anand happens to beryllium the parent of the sitting MLA, has been fixed to Shweta Gupta, a aesculapian practitioner based successful Sitamarhi, who was formerly associated with the BJP.
The determination whitethorn person been taken successful presumption of the information that Aurangabad district, of which Nabinagar is simply a part, is simply a Rajput stronghold, thereby known arsenic ‘Chittorgarh of Bihar’, portion Sheohar has a sizeable fig of Vaishyas.
Alleged betrayers similar don-turned-politician Anant Singh, who had discontinue the JD(U) a decennary agone and contested the past mates of elections arsenic an autarkic and, then, connected an RJD ticket, has been fixed the enactment summons again from Mokama.
Another turncoat from the RJD is Bulo Mandal, a erstwhile MP from Bhagalpur, who had been successful governmental wilderness since losing the spot successful the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Former MPs similar Dulal Chandra Goswami, Mahabali Singh and Chandraeshwar Chandravanshi, who had failed to clasp their parliamentary seats successful past year’s wide elections, person besides been offered a accidental for governmental rehabilitation successful the signifier of tickets for the assembly polls.
Although Nitish Kumar, the longest serving CM of the State, has been successful enactment of preservation for women successful legislatures and Parliament, his enactment has fixed tickets to lone 13 women, which accounts for little than 15 per cent of the total.
Elections to the 243-member assembly volition beryllium held successful 2 phases, connected November 6 and November 11.
