BJP announced the names of the candidates of Bihar for the Lok Sabha election 2024.

Patna, March 24, 2024: With just four days left for filing nominations for the first phase of the Lok Sabha election 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday declared its candidates for 17 seats in Bihar.

BJP’s major Changes:

The party has dropped two sitting MPs, Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Buxar), and replaced them with Mithilesh Tiwari. Ajay Nishad (Muzaffarpur)—replaced by Raj Bhushan Nishad.

Key candidates retained:

Nityanand Rai (MoS Home)—Ujiarpur, Ravi Shankar Prasad (former Law Minister)—Patna Sahib, R. K. Singh (Union Minister)—Arrah, Giriraj Singh (Union Minister)—Begusarai.

Other candidates announced:

Vivek Thakur (RS MP, son of Dr. C.P. Thakur)—Nawada, Sanjay Jaiswal (former BJP state president)—Paschim Champaran, Radha Mohan Jha—Purvi Champaran, Ram Kripal Yadav—Patliputra, Shivesh Ram—Sasaram (SC), Rajiv Pratap Rudy—Saran. Gopal Ji Thakur—Darbhanga, Ashok Kumar Yadav—Araria, Pradeep Kumar Singh—Madhibani, Janaradan Singh Sigriwal—Maharajganj.

NDA seat-sharing in Bihar:

The saffron party—17 seats, JD-U—16 seats (announced earlier Sunday), LJPR—5 seats, HAM-S—1 seat (Jitan Ram Manjhi from Gaya SC), RLM—1 seat (Upendra Kushwaha from Karakat).

Context:

In 2019, the NDA had swept Bihar, but this time the ticket reshuffle signals the BJP’s attempt to balance caste equations and counter anti-incumbency. Notably, Nawada, contested by LJP in 2019, has gone to the BJP’s Vivek Thakur in 2024.

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EOM.