Aam Aadmi Party declares names of three candidates from Bihar
Sheezan Nezami | TNN | Mar 24, 2019, 16:59 IST
PATNA: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) headed by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced the name of candidates for three Lok Sabha seats - Kishanganj, Sitamarhi and Bhagalpur on Sunday. AAP leader Sanjay Singh who is Bihar in-charge tweeted that Alimuddin Ansari will be contesting from Muslim dominated Kishanganj constituency, Raghunath Kumar from Sitamarhi and Satyendra Kumar from Bhagalpur.
Bihar: Track here Lok Sabha elections' full coverage
Sanjay’s tweet came after the nod from party’s political affairs committee (PAC). In previous general election held in 2014, AAP had contested on 39 out of 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar. Sources said, party was not in mood to contest from all the seats this time. “It is a fact that many of our candidate’s security was forfeited in previous election. Now we have changed our policy and have planned to fight the election with full strength on limited seats,” said Sanjay over phone to TOI.
Party’s Bihar additional in charge Ashutosh Singh Sengar told TOI a meeting will be held in Patna on Thursday with party workers and final decision on contesting on other seats will then be taken. Since the last date for filing nomination for first and second phase is March 25 and 26 respectively, it is for certain AAP will not be fielding its candidates from any of three constituencies- Nawada, Jamui and Gaya going to polls on April 11 in the first phase and Katihar, Purnia and Banka going to polls on April 18 in the second phase.
When asked about AAP fighting Lok Sabha election alone, though Kejriwal had been seen earlier with grand alliance(GA) leaders including Congress national president Rahul Gandhi and he had also expressed his desire to defeat NDA, but AAP’s fray into this battle without joining hands with GA may dent GA’s vote bank, Sanjay replied, “In Bihar we will be fighting alone. But our agenda is to defeat NDA and that is why we are not contesting on all the seats.”
AAP’s candidates
Kishanganj: Alimuddin Ansari had contested in 2014 also from Kishanganj on AAP’s ticket, but managed to get only 15,010 votes and was fourth in the rank, though the winner was Congress candidate Asrarul Haque who managed to get 4.93 lakh votes. Before joining AAP, Ansari was associated with trade union.
Sitamarhi: An orthopedic by profession, Dr Raghunath will be contesting from here. In 2014, Krishori Das had contested on AAP’s ticket but managed to get 18043 votes, though Ram Kumar Sharma Kushwaha of RLSP won from here with 4.11 lakh.
Bhagalpur: A businessman by profession, Satyendra Kumar will be contesting this time. In 2014, Yogendra Mahto had contested on AAP’s ticket and got 5830 votes and the winner was RJD candidate Shailesh Kumar alias Bulo Mandal who got 3.58 lakh votes.
Bihar: Track here Lok Sabha elections' full coverage
Sanjay’s tweet came after the nod from party’s political affairs committee (PAC). In previous general election held in 2014, AAP had contested on 39 out of 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar. Sources said, party was not in mood to contest from all the seats this time. “It is a fact that many of our candidate’s security was forfeited in previous election. Now we have changed our policy and have planned to fight the election with full strength on limited seats,” said Sanjay over phone to TOI.
Party’s Bihar additional in charge Ashutosh Singh Sengar told TOI a meeting will be held in Patna on Thursday with party workers and final decision on contesting on other seats will then be taken. Since the last date for filing nomination for first and second phase is March 25 and 26 respectively, it is for certain AAP will not be fielding its candidates from any of three constituencies- Nawada, Jamui and Gaya going to polls on April 11 in the first phase and Katihar, Purnia and Banka going to polls on April 18 in the second phase.
When asked about AAP fighting Lok Sabha election alone, though Kejriwal had been seen earlier with grand alliance(GA) leaders including Congress national president Rahul Gandhi and he had also expressed his desire to defeat NDA, but AAP’s fray into this battle without joining hands with GA may dent GA’s vote bank, Sanjay replied, “In Bihar we will be fighting alone. But our agenda is to defeat NDA and that is why we are not contesting on all the seats.”
AAP’s candidates
Kishanganj: Alimuddin Ansari had contested in 2014 also from Kishanganj on AAP’s ticket, but managed to get only 15,010 votes and was fourth in the rank, though the winner was Congress candidate Asrarul Haque who managed to get 4.93 lakh votes. Before joining AAP, Ansari was associated with trade union.
Sitamarhi: An orthopedic by profession, Dr Raghunath will be contesting from here. In 2014, Krishori Das had contested on AAP’s ticket but managed to get 18043 votes, though Ram Kumar Sharma Kushwaha of RLSP won from here with 4.11 lakh.
Bhagalpur: A businessman by profession, Satyendra Kumar will be contesting this time. In 2014, Yogendra Mahto had contested on AAP’s ticket and got 5830 votes and the winner was RJD candidate Shailesh Kumar alias Bulo Mandal who got 3.58 lakh votes.
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