Bima Bharti claimed Pappu Yadav will support her in the Lok Sabha election 2024.

Patna: RJD candidate Bima Bharti claimed Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav will support her in the Lok Sabha election 2024.

“We are prepared to contest the Lok Sabha election from Purnea. Our state president and other leaders of the party are supporting me and I will follow the directions of the party,” Bima Bharti said in Patna on Monday.

Reacting on Pappu Yadav who is also contesting from Purnea, Bima Bharti said: “Pappu Yadav is our guardian and he is with us. I invited him to come to my nomination programme. People are supporting me in the constituency,” Bharti said.

Bima Bharti met with RJD state president Jagadanand Singh in the party’s office in Patna and discussed the poll strategy on Monday.

Bima Bharti is currently doing the campaign in Purnea. She will file the nomination on April 3.

Earlier, five times MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav rescheduled his nomination programme from April 2 to April 4.

Pappu Yadav is contesting as an independent candidate from Purnea Lok Sabha seat of Bihar. He had merged his party Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) in Congress on March 20 with the hope to get the ticket of the grand old party. As the seat went to RJD following the seat sharing formula of INDIA bloc, he has decided to contest the election from Purnea as an independent candidate.

“My friends and supporters spread across the country. They want to participate in my nomination and hence I have decided to reschedule the date of nomination from April 2 to April 4. I appeal to the people of Purnea to bless me with their support,” Pappu Yadav said while addressing the media persons in Purnea on Monday.  

He also appealed to the RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav to give the Purnea seat to Congress party.

“I want to request RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav to reconsider his decision and give the Purnea Lok Sabha seat to Congress to respect the coalition pact. RJD is a senior partner in the grand alliance in Bihar,” Yadav said.

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