The stage is about for bypolls to Tarari, Imamganj, Belaganj and Ramgarh meeting seats in Bihar the place greater than 12 lakh voters will resolve the destiny of 38 candidates on Wednesday.
Voting will happen in a complete of 1,277 cubicles, of which 1,196 fall in rural areas. As per figures made accessible by the Election Fee, about 5.73 lakh voters are girls whereas 19 are of the third gender.
There are additionally 631 voters who’re aged 100 years or above, whereas these aged over 85 years are 11,510. Greater than 2.40 lakh voters are underneath the age of 29.
All of the poll-bound seats fall within the space south of the Ganga, thought of a stronghold of the Mahagathbandhan, the INDIA bloc’s Bihar prototype comprising RJD, the Left and the Congress.
Not surprisingly, chief of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav, who spearheaded the RJD’s marketing campaign, asserted, “We should win bypolls handsomely if we’re to set the tone for our victory within the 2025 meeting elections.” Nonetheless, the NDA, led by the BJP which is contesting Tarari and Ramgarh seats, is placing up a stiff combat, realising that it should preserve the tempo if it have been to retain energy in subsequent 12 months’s elections.
Nonetheless, the pitch has been queered for each the ruling and the opposition coalitions with the entry of Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj, which is contesting all 4 seats.
In Imamganj, a reserved seat, the place the by-election was necessitated by election to Lok Sabha from Gaya of Jitan Ram Manjhi, a Union minister and founding father of the Hindustani Awam Morcha, the social gathering has fielded Deepa, spouse of his son Santosh Suman who can be a minister within the state’s Nitish Kumar authorities.
The bid of Deepa to retain her father-in-law’s seat is being challenged by RJD’s Raushan Manjhi, a former member of Zila Parishad, and medical practitioner-turned-politician Jitendra Paswan who has been fielded by Jan Suraaj.
In neighbouring Belaganj, Vishwanath Kumar Singh is making his debut on an RJD ticket, hoping to retain the seat his father Surendra Prasad Yadav had received many instances on the trot earlier than getting elected to Lok Sabha from Jehanabad.
The primary problem within the seat has come from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) which has fielded former MLC Manorama Devi. Jan Suraaj has fielded native social activist Mohd Amjad, in a transparent bid to upset the apple cart for the 2 established events, each of which vie for votes of the minorities.
One other seat that the RJD seeks to defend is Ramgarh, the place its state president Jagadanand Singh’s youthful son Ajit is within the fray. The bypoll was necessitated by the election of Singh’s elder son Sudhakar to the Lok Sabha from Buxar.
The BJP has given the ticket to former MLA Ashok Kumar Singh whereas the Jan Suraaj candidate is Sushil Kumar Kushwaha, previously related to Mayawati’s BSP which has some affect within the space near Bihar’s border with Uttar Pradesh.
The CPI(ML) has fielded Raju Yadav from Tarari, a seat received by Sudama Prasad twice earlier than getting elected to Lok Sabha from Arrah. The BJP has fielded Vishal Prashant, a debutant whose father Sunil Pandey is an area strongman and a a number of time period former MLA.
Jan Suraaj had initially introduced former Vice Chief of the Military Lt Gen S.Okay. Singh as its candidate from the seat however on account of some technical causes he was later changed by Kiran Singh, an area social employee who is thought to be lively in training sector.
