This story is from October 2, 2020

Bihhar assembly polls: Bhojpur voters confused as parties yet to pick candidates

Bihhar assembly polls: Bhojpur voters confused as parties yet to pick candidates
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ARA: Even as the process of filing nominations for all the seven assembly constituencies of Bhojpur commenced on Thursday, voters here are yet to know the names of their candidates as no major political party has made any announcement regarding this.
With all the constituencies going to polls in the first phase itself, hectic parleys are on among different political parties. The seven assembly constituencies are— Barhara, Agiyaon (reserved), Sandesh Tarari, Shahpur and Jagdishpur.

After 2015 assembly elections, while the RJD has five sitting MLAs i.e. in Ara, Barhara , Sandesh, Jagdishpur and Shahpur, CPI(ML) had won the Tarari seat and JD(U) retained Agiyaon seat. The BJP had not been able to win even one seat, though it had lost two seats by a narrow margin (Ara and Tarari ). However, the BJP had won the Ara seat for four consecutive terms before 2015 .
Meanwhile, the CPI(ML) on Wednesday, taking the lead, announced to contest five out of the seven assembly constituencies.
CPI-ML town secretary Dilraj Pritam said, “We tried our best to forge unity among the opposition parties but how long can we wait when the filing of nominations has started. But if our demands are considered, there is still a possibility of an alliance. But right now we are firm on contesting the five seats that have been announced on Wednesday .”
BJP Bhojpur district president Dr Prem Ranjan Chaturvedi told this newspaper on Wednesday, “We had lost two seats by a very thin margin, that is by less than 1,000 votes, while the Agiyaon seat was won by the JD(U) which is our ally. In Barhara too, our rebel candidate had secured 10,000 votes, while we lost it by 9000 votes. So this time we hope to perform well on all the seven seats .”
HAM(S) spokesman Danish Rizwan said, “We will contest at least one seat as an NDA ally in Bhojpur .”
The total number of voters in all the seven constituencies of the Bhojpur district is: 21,13052 which includes 11,45,054 male voters, 9,67,897 female voters and the number of the third gender is 101.
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