Sharad Yadav, Jethmalani, Misa Bharti file papers for RS polls from Bihar
May 30, 2016  12:55
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Former JD-U president Sharad Yadav, Supreme Court lawyer and former BJP RS MP Ram Jethmalani, Misa Bharti and RCP Singh on Monday filed nomination papers for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar. The elections will be held on July 10.

Sharad Yadav is the sitting Rajya Sabha member and senior JD-U leader.

Last week, the party re-nominated Sharad Yadav, and RCP Singh,considered close to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as JD-U candidate for the Rajya Sabha which has five seats from the state.

Both Yadav and Singh filed their nomination papers in Patna in the presence of senior party leaders.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad has nominated his daughter Misa Bharti and Ram Jethmalani as party candidates for the biennial polls. The national and state parliamentary boards of RJD met last week and authorized Lalu to select candidates for the Upper House of Parliament.

"Misa Bharti and Ram Jethmalani have filed their nomination papers," RJD leader Chandeshwar Prasad Singh confirmed.


Lalu's daughter Misa Bharti, is a doctor and has been trying to enter politics for several years. She was named after the Maintenance of Internal Security Act under which Lalu had been jailed during the Emergency.

JD-U and RJD along with Congress are part of the Grand Alliance in Bihar.


The BJP has nominated its senior leader and former state president Gopal Narain Singh as party candidate for the biennial polls.


With 80 MLAs in the Bihar Assembly, two RJDs nominees out of five Rajya seats will get through easily. RJDs ally JD-U will nominate two candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls with 71 MLAs, while BJP will nominate one candidate with 53 MLAs.

The term of five sitting Rajya Sabha MPs from Bihar expires in July.

MI Khan/Rediff.com in Patna.
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