Pappu Yadav will contest LS poll 2024 from Purnea.
Patna: Four times MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav will contest the Lok Sabha election 2024 from Purnea.
Ajay Jaiswal, the private secretary of Pappu Yadav, in a written statement, said that Pappu Yadav will file the nomination before district returning officer Purnea on April 2 at 10 am.
“Pappu Yadav will contest the election from Purnea Lok Sabha seat in Bihar. He will file nomination as a publicly supported candidate from this seat. We appeal to the people of Purnea to bless him with their support,” Jaiswal said.
Such a development was made a day after Pappu Yadav claimed that he is with the decision of Congress party in Bihar. Pappu Yadav on Friday said that the Congress has taken the decision in the interest of Bihar and he is with the decision of the party.
“For me, country comes first. Our leader Rahul Gandhi has formed INDIA bloc with the motive to remove the current government and I am with the decision of the party. Congress has not given candidates in several constituencies but the grand alliance is strong. My party has taken the decision to make INDIA bloc strong in Bihar and I am with the party. We will host the flag of Congress party in Purnea on April 26,” Pappu Yadav said on Friday.
According to the sources, Pappu Yadav changed his decision after the statement of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. On Friday evening, Tejashwi Yadav said that the matter of Pappu Yadav is related to Congress. He does not know any individual person. RJD has an old alliance with the Congress party and seats for Congress party were finalized in January this year.
Following the move of Pappu Yadav, the battle for Purnea will turn out triangular here. As per the seat sharing formula INDIA bloc, RJD is contesting on 26 seats including Purnea. RJD had given the ticket to Bima Bharti before the seat sharing formula was finalized.
Pappu Yadav was also expecting the ticket of Congress from Purnea. He had also merged his party named Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) in Congress with the motive to get a ticket of Congress party to contest this seat.
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