Patna: Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) chief and former union minister
Upendra Kushwaha on Thursday announced names of candidates for two more assembly seats – Bajpatti and Paru.
Party state president Madan Chaudhary will contest from Paru and former MLC Rameshwar Mahato from Bajpatti.
The four other RLM candidates whose names were announced on Wednesday included Kushwaha’s wife Snehlata (Sasaram), Madhav Anand (Madhubani), Prashant Kumar Pankaj (Ujiarpur) and Alok Kumar Singh (Dinara).
In the NDA, the BJP and JD(U) are contesting 101 seats each. Chirag Paswan’s LJP (RV) has been allotted 29 seats while Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM (S) and Kushwaha’s RLM will contest six each.