Sena releases first list of candidates for Bihar polls

September 24, 2015 17:38

Shiv Sena releases first list of 38 candidates contesting the upcoming Bihar assembly polls.

NDA constituent Shiv Sena, which has no significant presence in Bihar, had on Sunday announced it was jumping in the poll fray in the state on its own, and claimed its anti-migrant image was due to canard spread by rivals.

The partys national spokesperson Sanjay Raut told reporters that Sena, which is ruling Maharashtra in alliance with BJP, will contest 150 seats in Bihar, where BJP-led alliance is locked in a stiff contest with the Nitish Kumar-led coalition of JD-U-RJD-Congress.

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