PATNA: The RJD on Thursday released a list of its 20 star campaigners for the bypolls to Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur assembly seats.
However, the names of RJD chief Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap, state president Jagadanand Singh and national vice-president Shivanand Tiwari were missing from the list.
Lalu’s name appeared on the top among the 20 star campaigners for the bypolls. If the list is to be believed, Lalu will campaign in favour of the party's official candidates Ganesh Bharti (Kusheshwar Asthan in Darbhanga) and Arun Kumar Sah (Tarapur in Munger).
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Shyam Rajak, Jay Prakash Narain Yadav, Uday Narayan Choudhary, Bhola Yadav, Anil Kumar Sahni, Manoj Kumar Jha, Brishin Patel, Ashok Kumar Mehta, Lovely Anand and Shiv Chandra Ram were prominent leaders among others named as star campaigners.
The names of former CM Rabri Devi and RJD Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti have also not been included on the list.
“It will be the RJD chief’s maiden visit to Bihar after being released from jail in the fodder scam case,” a senior RJD functionary said requesting anonymity.
The contest on both the seats has become more interesting due as the RJD and Congress have both fielded their candidates despite being part of the Grand Alliance.
The seats were earlier held by the ruling JD(U).
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