This story is from March 24, 2019

In Nawada, it’s proxy war between two tainted netas

In Nawada, it’s proxy war between two tainted netas
Former LJP MP Surajbhan Singh.
NAWADA: Nawada parliamentary constituency is set to witness a proxy contest between two tainted politicians – former LJP MP Surajbhan Singh and former RJD MLA Rajballabh Yadav.
Rape accused Rajballabh’s wife Bibha Devi (45), who will fight on RJD ticket from Nawada seat, is a political greenhorn, who has so far lived her life under the ominous shadow of her fearsome husband.

NDA’s choice Chandan Kumar (40), on the other hand, is the younger brother of Surajbhan Singh. His eleventh hour replacement for Veena Devi, the LJP’s sitting Munger MP, has created a buzz in political circles. Like Bibha, Chandan is also a political novice.
According to political observers, Chandan may find it difficult to replace the image of BJP’s firebrand leader Giriraj Singh. “Giriraj has been shifted to Begusarai seat even though he had developed an emotional attachment with Nawada constituency,” said Nand Kishore Chaurasia, BJP’s youth wing leader from Nawada.
Many BJP sympathisers from Nawada feel uncomfortable by the abrupt foisting of Chandan on Nawada. “It’s a ‘dukhad’ and ‘durgbhaghyapoorn’ (sad and unfortunate) development against the wishes of voters,” said Lalit Agrawal, a local trader. “Chandan’s sister-in-law Veena Devi had herself lost as LJP candidate from Nawada in 2009 to BJP’s Bhola Singh by 35,000 votes,” Agrawal said.
Advocate Nawal Sharma said Chandan’s candidature may come as a windfall gain for housewife Bibha, whose husband Rajballabh was awarded life imprisonment for raping a minor girl and subsequently disqualified from contesting polls. He is currently lodged in Nalanda jail.
Mohd Fakruddin Ali Ahmad, Nawada district minority cell president of LJP, also expressed surprise over the choice of candidate. He, however, said he would respect the party’s decision.
Mahendra Yadav, an RJD leader from Nawada town’s Golapar locality, who considers the incarceration of both Lalu Prasad and Rajballabh as a conspiracy by the upper caste politicians, was seen distributing sweets to people to celebrate Bibha’s selection as the party’s Nawada candidate.
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