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The Chirag Paswan factor has worsened the JD(U)-BJP relationship, which was already marked by mutual distrust.
About 84 of 94 seats are “red alert” constituencies, which means three or more contesting candidates in the seat have declared criminal cases against themselves.
The BJP has filed a complaint with EC for a tweet by Rahul Gandhi and Bihar minister Prem Kumar faces an FIR for wearing a mask with the party symbol. Get live updates:
Shreyasi Singh won by a margin of 41,049 votes against RJD's Vijay Prakash by 33,487 votes.
"The chief minister (Nitish Kumar) needs his (Modi's) photograph more."
Paswan’s political career was an ambitious experiment to find space for an emancipatory agenda in the context of a political establishment openly hostile to Dalit political assertion.
The LJP founder, one of the tallest Dalit leaders in the country, had recently undergone a heart surgery.
“Pandrah Saal Banam Pandrah Saal” and “Bihar Me Vikas Ho, Nitish Kumar Ho” are some of the slogans coined by the JDU for this election.
Paswan’s frequent utterances mark the first round of pre-poll jostling for a bigger slice of the post-election spoils.