Patna, March 23: The alliance partners of the NDA jointly released their list of 39 candidates out of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, while Ram Vilas Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) is yet to announce the name of its candidate for Khagaria.
Shatrughan Sinha failed to retain his seat of Patna as he has been replaced by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in the BJP list of candidates for the general election released on Saturday.
It is believed that Shatrughan failed to retain his seat as he had been a disgruntled MP sharing stage with the opposition. Many a time he had targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation, GST and unemployment.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh succeeded in bagging the BJP ticket from Begusarai. He had won the 2014 Lok Sabha seat from Nawada. The BJP also reposed its faith in RK Singh from Arrah, Ashwani Kumar Chaubey from Buxar and Radha Mohan Singh from East Champaran.
The JD-U also reposed faith in sitting MPs Kaushalendra Kumar from Nalanda and Santosh Kushwaha from Purnea.
LJP state chief Pashupati Kumar Paras will contest from Hajipur. Party national chief Ram Vilas Paswan had bagged the seat during the last election.
