New Delhi: Days after expressing their discontent over the seat-sharing arrangement, BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party today declared its first list of 12 candidates for Bihar polls, which includes names of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's brother and nephew.
The Union Minister's brother Pashupati Kumar Paras, who is the Bihar state chief of the party, has been fielded from the reserved Alouli assembly seat.
Prince Raj, the son of LJP chief's brother and Lok Sabha MP Ram Chandra Paswan, makes his debut from another reserved constituency Kalyanpur.
Declaring the first list, LJP Parliamentary Board chairman Chirag Paswan said there was a consensus with BJP and other NDA allies on 29 of the 40 seats, which it was allotted while talks are still on to finalize 11 other seats which his party will contest.
The party's candidate from Gobindganj seat is Raju Tiwari, brother of former legislator Rajan Tiwari, who faces several criminal cases.
The seats for which candidates were declared today are spread over different phases of elections.
On Tuesday, Chirag had voiced discontent over the seat-sharing arrangement. He had also said that he expressed his party's concerns to BJP chief Amit Shah but made it clear that LJP will continue in the NDA.
Mr Shah had on Monday announced a seat-sharing formula for Bihar assembly elections under which BJP will contest 160 of the state's 243 seats while the LJP would get 40, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party 23 and Hindustani Awam Morcha 20.
The Union Minister's brother Pashupati Kumar Paras, who is the Bihar state chief of the party, has been fielded from the reserved Alouli assembly seat.
Prince Raj, the son of LJP chief's brother and Lok Sabha MP Ram Chandra Paswan, makes his debut from another reserved constituency Kalyanpur.
The party's candidate from Gobindganj seat is Raju Tiwari, brother of former legislator Rajan Tiwari, who faces several criminal cases.
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On Tuesday, Chirag had voiced discontent over the seat-sharing arrangement. He had also said that he expressed his party's concerns to BJP chief Amit Shah but made it clear that LJP will continue in the NDA.
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