Patna: As the two-phase voting dates – 6 and 11 November – are nearing, the political temperature is increasing day by day. All political parties have fielded their candidates in most of the 243 seats of Bihar Assembly.
The real fight is between the ruling NDA and INDIA bloc Mahagathbandhan.
However, in over a dozen constituencies, candidates from Mahagathbandhan allies are contesting directly against each other. Out of these in four constituencies RJD and Congress are fighting against each other in the second phase of elections.
These four Assembly seats are
Sultanganj Assembly Seat
Chandan Sinha of RJD is contesting against Congress candidate Lallan Yadav. The NDA has fielded JDU candidate Lalit Narayan Mandal.
Kahalgaon Assembly Seat
Rajneesh Bharti of the RJD is contesting against Praveen Kushwaha of the Congress. Shubhanand Mukesh is the NDA candidate.
Sikandra Assembly Seat
Vinod Chaudhary of the Congress is facing Udaynarayan Chaudhary of the RJD.
The NDA has fielded HAM candidate Praful Manjhi.
Narkatiyaganj Assembly Seat
Deepak Yadav of the RJD is contesting against Shashwat Kedar Pandey of the Congress. The NDA candidate is Sanjay Pandey.
Tejashwi Yadav slams PM Modi for defamatory speech for Bihar
Mahagathbandhan Chief Minister candidate and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his defamatory speech for Bihar in Samatipur rally on Friday, reports Dynamite News correspondent.
Tejashwi Yadav claimed that every word and ever sentence of Modi’s speech was “negative” and “defamatory” for Bihar.
The RJD leader was talking to reporters. He slammed PM Modi of “deceiving” the people of Bihar. He said that Modi has given much much more to Gujarat than to Bihar. He said that all of us in Bihar are demanding justification for it.
Tejashwi Yadav said, “Yesterday, the Prime Minister came here. Every single sentence and word of his speech was negative and defamatory for Bihar. He didn’t say anything positive. We would like to ask the Prime Minister, you have been the Prime Minister for the last 11 years, but what have you given to Bihar?”
According to reports Rahul Gandhi and Tajashwi Yadav are expected to avoid campaigning in these seats with friendly contests.