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Shambhavi Choudhary, the daughter of Ashok Kumar Choudhary, a minister and confidant of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will be contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Samastipur as the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) or NDA candidate...
According to the seat-sharing arrangement of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), of the total 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, 17 seats are with the BJP, 16 with the JD(U) and five with Chirag Paswans LJP (RV)..
But suddenly, the BJP top leadership impressed on Chirag that he has to move out of this mode and give tickets to other Dalit sections to emerge as a Dalit leader instead of being the leader of Paswan, leading to Shambhavis nomination, an LJP (RV) leader told ThePrint...
Amid reports of Sayans role in Shambhavis nomination from the seat following his meeting with Chirag Paswan, Ashok Choudhary told ThePrint that he had nothing to do with his daughter getting the ticket...
It will all boil down to if the Paswans in Samastipur accept Chirags decision to field a non-Paswan candidate for the first time, said a BJP leader from the area.. Shambhavis husband Sayan, a law graduate, is confident that she will actively work for the betterment of youth and women, adding that Samastipur holds a special place in his heart as his mothers hometown...
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