PATNA: CM Nitish Kumar will start his election campaign for the assembly bypolls on Monday by addressing two rallies, one each in Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur constituencies.
The JD(U) has fielded Shashibhushan Hajari’s son Aman Bhushan Hajari as its candidate from Kusheshwar Asthan and Rajiv Kumar Singh from Tarapur.
“CM Nitish Kumar will address his maiden election rally for the current byelection at a sports ground at Dhabauliya village under Kusheshwar Purvi block at around 11.45 am on October 25 to seek votes in favour of the NDA-supported JD(U) candidate Aman Bhushan Hajari,” JD(U) state vice-president (headquarters) Navin Kumar Arya Chandravanshi told TOI on Saturday.
After Kusheshwar Asthan, the CM will address another election rally at Idgah Maidan near Gazipur village under Tarapur constituency around 1.45 pm on October 25 to seek votes in favour of the JD(U) candidate Rajiv Kumar Singh.
To a question, Chandravanshi said Nitish would address two more election rallies, one in each constituency, on October 26.
“The itinerary of October 26 rallies is yet to be finalized,” he said.