Congress has launched its initial slate of 48 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. This announcement arrives amid uncertainty about seat-sharing arrangements within the grand alliance (RJD, Congress, and others), with the nomination deadline drawing near. The list covers several key constituencies for the first two phases, yet the final formula with coalition partners remains pending.
Shakeel Ahmad Khan, leading the Congress Legislative Party in the Bihar Assembly, will run from Kadwa, and PCC President Rajesh Ram is set to stake his claim in Kutumba. Gareeb Dass will contest from Bachhwada, where the CPI has already declared its candidate. This sets the stage for a friendly contest between two alliance partners on this seat. Anand Shankar Singh is eyeing a re-election bid from Aurangabad.
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Congress candidates include Jayesh Mangal Singh from Bagaha, Amit Giri from Nautan, Abhishek Ranjan from Chanpatia, Wasi Ahmad from Bettiah, Shyam Bihari Prasad from Raxaul, Shashi Bhushan Rai alias Gappu Rai from Govindganj, Amit Kumar Singh Tunna from Sitamarhi, Engineer Naveen Kumar from Bathnaha (SC), Nalini Ranjan Jha from Benipatti, Subodh Mandal from Phulparas, Manoj Vishwas from Forbesganj, Prof. Masvar Alam alias Mushabbar Alam from Bahadurganj, Manohar Prasad Singh from Manihari (ST), Poonam Paswan from Korha (SC), Sarita Devi from Sonbarsa (SC), Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary from Benipur, and Umesh Ram from Sakra (SC).
The lineup further includes Bijendra Choudhary from Muzaffarpur, Om Prakash Garg from Gopalganj, Hari Narayan Kushwaha from Kuchai Kot, Aditya Kumar Raja from Lalganj, Engineer Sanjeev Singh from Vaishali, Pratima Kumari from Raja Pakar (SC), Braj Kishor Ravi from Rosra (SC), Shiv Prakash Gareeb Dass from Bachhwada, Amita Bhushan from Begusarai, Dr. Chandan Yadav from Khagaria, Mithlesh Kumar Nishad from Beldour, Ajit Kumar Sharma from Bhagalpur, Lalan Yadav from Sultanganj, Jitendra Singh from Amarpur, Amresh Kumar from Lakhisarai, Trisuldhari Singh from Barbigha, Omair Khan from Bihar Sharif, Kaushalendra Kumar alias Chhote Mukhiya from Nalanda, and Arun Kumar Bind from Harnaut.
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Rajesh Ram to contest from Kutumba (SC)
Congress has fielded Indradeep Chandravanshi from Kumhrar, Shaashant Shekhar from Patna Sahib, Anil Kumar Singh from Bikram, Sanjay Kumar Tiwari from Buxar, Vishwanath Ram from Rajpur (SC), Mangal Ram from Chenari (SC), Santosh Mishra from Kargahar, Rajesh Ram from Kutumba (SC), Avadhesh Kumar Singh from Wazirganj, and Neetu Kumari from Hisua. The Bihar Assembly elections will transpire in two phases, on November 6 and 11, with votes being counted on November 14.
