Ahead of polls, all MLAs who joined JDU have been given the ticket. The party has changed seats of three MLAs. ).

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Sitting MLA from Ghoshi Krishnanandan Prasad Verma will now contest from Jahanabad, Gora Bauram MLA Madan Sahni from Bahadurpur and Tikari MLA Abhay Kushwaha from Belaganj.

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After the split, Sharad claimed that the real JD(U) was with him and hence they should have the party symbol.

Defending the move by RJD, party leader Shivanand Tiwari spoke about 'young brigade' being given chance to take over the reins. Janata Dal-United (JDU) on Wednesday released a list of 115 candidates for the Bihar Assembly polls. Meanwhile, responding to the application submitted by the Yadav clan, a delegation from the Kumar faction, including Rajya Sabha MP R C P Singh and JD(U) secretary general K C Tyagi, met the EC last week and submitted their documents revealing the details of the its leaders and office bearers extending faith and support to the JD(U) under the leadership of Nitish Kumar.

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Ramanand Prasad Singh's son Sanjeev Kumar, Kapil Dev Kamat's daughter-in-law Meena Kamat, Dhumal Singh's wife Sita Devi got the opportunity to contest on JDU symbol. A senior leader and one of the founding member of JD(U), Sharad Yadav felt backstabbed with this decision of Kumar and rebelled against the party. After the split, Sharad claimed that the real JD(U) was with him and hence they should have the party symbol.

Adding to the attack, BJP's allies JDU have also taken a swipe at the posters by saying that not only the public but even Tejashwi Yadav is also scared of the legacy of 'Jungle-Raj' of the RJD. Janata Dal-United (JDU) on Wednesday released a list of 115 candidates for the Bihar Assembly polls. This decision of the EC may, however, prove to be a little backdrop for the Yadav faction.

Ahead of polls, all MLAs who joined JDU have been given tickets.

India News: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's party JD(U), which won 70% of the seats it contested in the just concluded assembly election, plans to change its party symbol (To download our E-paper please click here. However, just a few days back, the unhappy Congress MLAs of Bihar had met the high command Sonia Gandhi and the party vice president Rahul Gandhi saying that looking at the prevailing situations in Bihar, at least for the time being Congress party should withdraw its support to RJD on the basis of RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav being accused of corruption charges against him. KC Tyagi claimed that the JD(U) under Kumar enjoyed the support of all the 71 party MLAs and 30 MLCs, 2 Lok Sabha members and 7 of the 10 Rajya Sabha lawmakers of the party along with other office bearers and had submitted the affidavits of the same to the EC. Following the breakup of the grand alliance between JD(U), RJD and Congress Bihar has been witnessing a lot of political changes. Centre borrows, transfers Rs 16000 cr to 16 state and 2 UTs, Cash Rich PSUs To Declare Higher Dividends To Reward Shareholders And Central Government’s Revenue Dips, Hughes Communications Wins Government Bid To Connect 5,000 Villages In Border and Naxal Areas Under BharatNet Project. However, some of their relatives have been given the ticket. Interestingly, the party has denied tickets to 11 of its sitting MLAs while accommodating the turncoats. The publishers permit sharing of the paper's PDF on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. Nitish Kumar remained firm on following the principle of zero tolerance against corruption broke the mahagathbandhan and formed the new government in Bihar with BJP. Sitting MLAs Kapil Dev Kamat from Babubarhi, Guljar Devi from Phulparas, Suneel Kumar Chaudhary from Benipur, Ramesh Singh Kushwaha from Jiradei, Raj Kishore Singh from Vaishali, Ramanand Prasad Singh from Parbatta, Janardan Manjhi from Amarpur, Ravi Jyoti Kumar from Rajgir, Dadan Pehalwan from Dumraon, Dhumal Singh from Ekma have failed to get tickets. Though the possibilities of any such application to be filed again is less. According to the sources of the EC, the Yadav faction can once again file for the claim with effective and complete documentation.

Also, the rebel leader is well aware of the fact about the strength and power, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar enjoys. The Yadav faction had approached the Election Commission on 25 Aug staking its claim over the party’s election symbol. Darsheel Safary : Wasn’t conscious decision to stay away from films!

JDU will give seven seats to Jitan Ram Manjhi-led HAM from its 122 seats while the BJP will give 11 seats to Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) from its share of 121 seats. They had also demanded the rejection of the claim staked by the Yadav faction.

The party has fielded RJD MLAs who joined JDU- Jayvardhan Yadav in Paliganj, Ashok Kumar in Sasaram, Maheshwar Prasad Yadav in Gayaghat, Faraz Fatmi in Darbhanga Rural, Virendra Kumar Singh in Tegda. This resulted in a split in the party under the leadership of Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav. The faction also claimed that majority of the party’s national council members were backing Sharad Yadav. Responding to the plea by the Sharad Yadav faction, the EC on Wednesday refused to give claim of the party symbol to the Yadav faction. As after the split in the party, Sharad along with his supporters is planning to form another party and continue the coalition with RJD and Congress.