Nitish Kumar's JD(U) changes its candidate from Sitamarhi Pintu is new candidate
Madan Kumar | TNN | Apr 3, 2019, 20:12 IST
PATNA: Bihar’s ruling JD(U) on Wednesday changed its candidate from Sitamarhi Lok Sabha seat and named former state’s tourism minister Sunil Kumar Pintu as new candidate, after its previous candidate Dr Barun Kumar returned the party’s symbol expressing his inability to contest the current election.
Famous for being the birth place of Goddess Sita of Ramayana era, Sitamarhi will go to polling on May 6 in the fifth phase. The nomination process for the seat will begin on April 10 and continue till April 18.
Pintu, four time BJP MLA from Sitamarhi assembly seat since 2003, joined the JD(U) on Wednesday itself in presence of Bihar CM and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar in the state capital here. Nitish handed him over the JD(U)’s membership receipt. Pintu lost the 2015 assembly election to RJD’s Sunil Kumar from his traditional seat.
Soon after his formal joining into the JD(U), Pintu was introduced to the media as new candidate from Sitamarhi at the JD(U) state headquarters here by state’s water resources minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh, who himself is the party’s candidate from Munger Lok Sabha seat.
“The JD(U) has decided to field Pintu as its new candidate from Sitamarhi seat after Dr Barun expressed his inability to contest the Lok Sabha election,” Lallan Singh told reporters at JD(U) office here.
However, sources in NDA said, Dr Barun, a famous surgeon of Sitamarhi, returned the JD(U) symbol after the party asked him to do so. Dr Barun was earlier summoned to the state capital by the party and asked to return the symbol.
Sources said many Sitamarhi-based leaders of JD(U) and BJP were unhappy ever since Dr Barun, a non-political person, succeeded in getting the JD(U) symbol. Some of the disgruntled leaders sent certain documents related to Dr Barun to the higher authorities in the party and the government.
Despite repeated attempts on his mobile number, Dr Barun could not be contacted for his comment.
A Sitamarhi-based NDA leader said, Dr Barun was annoyed also because as some district level leaders had started pressuring him for giving money in lieu of support during the election.
Famous for being the birth place of Goddess Sita of Ramayana era, Sitamarhi will go to polling on May 6 in the fifth phase. The nomination process for the seat will begin on April 10 and continue till April 18.
Pintu, four time BJP MLA from Sitamarhi assembly seat since 2003, joined the JD(U) on Wednesday itself in presence of Bihar CM and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar in the state capital here. Nitish handed him over the JD(U)’s membership receipt. Pintu lost the 2015 assembly election to RJD’s Sunil Kumar from his traditional seat.
Soon after his formal joining into the JD(U), Pintu was introduced to the media as new candidate from Sitamarhi at the JD(U) state headquarters here by state’s water resources minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh, who himself is the party’s candidate from Munger Lok Sabha seat.
“The JD(U) has decided to field Pintu as its new candidate from Sitamarhi seat after Dr Barun expressed his inability to contest the Lok Sabha election,” Lallan Singh told reporters at JD(U) office here.
However, sources in NDA said, Dr Barun, a famous surgeon of Sitamarhi, returned the JD(U) symbol after the party asked him to do so. Dr Barun was earlier summoned to the state capital by the party and asked to return the symbol.
Sources said many Sitamarhi-based leaders of JD(U) and BJP were unhappy ever since Dr Barun, a non-political person, succeeded in getting the JD(U) symbol. Some of the disgruntled leaders sent certain documents related to Dr Barun to the higher authorities in the party and the government.
Despite repeated attempts on his mobile number, Dr Barun could not be contacted for his comment.
A Sitamarhi-based NDA leader said, Dr Barun was annoyed also because as some district level leaders had started pressuring him for giving money in lieu of support during the election.
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