BJP has released the first list of 71 candidates for Bihar Assembly elections. The party has given tickets to many ministers and MLAs from their traditional assembly seats. The party has given tickets to both Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary from Tarapur and Vijay Kumar Sinha from Lakhisarai. Names of 12 ministers and 9 women are also included in this list. The party has fielded two former deputy CMs, Renu Devi from Bettiah and Tarakeshwar Prasad from Katihar.

Names of 12 ministers in BJP’s first list

The names of Mangal Pandey and Dr. Prem Kumar are also included among the 12 ministers to whom BJP has given tickets. The party has fielded two deputy CMs Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, Mangal Pandey (Health and Law Minister), Renu Devi (Animal and Fisheries Resources Department), Nitish Mishra (Industry Minister), Sanjay Saraogi (Revenue and Land Reforms Department), Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu (Public Health and Engineering Department), Jeevesh Kumar Mishra (Urban Development and Housing Department), Dr. Sunil Kumar (Environment and Climate Minister), Raju Kumar Singh (Tourism Minister), Nitin Naveen. (Road Construction Department), Dr. Prem Kumar (Cooperation Minister) has been given ticket.

9 women candidates in BJP’s first list

BJP has fielded women candidates from Renu Devi from Bettiah, Shreyasi Singh from Jamui, Aruna Devi from Warsaliganj, Gayatri Devi from Parehar, Kavita Devi from Kodha, Nisha Singh from Pranpur, Devanti Yadav from Narpatganj, Rama Nishad from Aurai, Sweety Singh from Kishanganj.

A former Union Minister got the ticket

BJP has given ticket to former Union Minister Ramkripal Yadav from Danapur assembly seat. He has been identified as a politician of the center. He has never contested assembly elections in his political career so far. He had defeated Misa Bharti from Patliputra seat in 2014 and 2019. In 2016, Ramkripal Yadav was given the responsibility of Minister of State in the Union Ministry of Rural Development. He was defeated by Misa Bharti in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Speaker’s ticket canceled

BJP canceled the ticket of 7-time MLA from Patna Sahib and current Bihar Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav. The party has given ticket to government lawyer Ratnesh Kushwaha from this seat. This is the same lawyer who fought the case related to AI video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother in Patna High Court.

BJP had 56 MLAs on these 71 seats. Of these, 46 have been repeated and tickets of 10 have been cancelled. This time BJP will contest elections on 101 seats in Bihar, out of which names of candidates have been announced on 71 seats and candidates are to be announced on 30 seats.

BJP has tried to give representation to all sections in its first list. Dalit, backward, extremely backward and women all sections have been included. In the first list, 17 OBCs, 11 Extremely Backward Classes and 9 women have been given tickets. BJP has given place to 6 candidates from SC-ST category in the first list. Apart from this, 11 candidates are Bhumihar.

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of candidates for Bihar Assembly elections. A big name is missing from this list of 71 candidates. The ticket of seven-time MLA and current Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav has been canceled from Patna Sahib seat. In his place, the party has made Ratnesh Kushwaha its candidate. On this decision, Nand Kishore Yadav showed full loyalty to the party and said, ‘I am with the decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The party has given me a lot, there are no complaints. The new generation is welcomed and congratulated.

Relationship with the generation of old BJP leaders
Nand Kishore Yadav is among the oldest generation leaders of BJP in Bihar. When he was the state president of BJP, leaders like Sushil Kumar Modi, Ashwini Choubey, Naveen Kishore Sinha and Prem Kumar were his contemporaries. At that time, all the leaders were climbing the ladder of politics under the guidance of Kailashpati Mishra.

34 years of unbeatable political journey
Nand Kishore Yadav has been elected MLA continuously since 1995. First from Patna East and after delimitation from Patna City (Patna Sahib). He has won seven consecutive times. He started politics as a councilor of Patna Municipal Corporation and later became the Deputy Mayor of Patna. He has also been the President of BJP Yuva Morcha.

BJP’s voice in the era of Lalu-Rabri
Nand Kishore Yadav led the Bihar BJP for five years, at a time of decisive battle for the BJP during the rule of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi. In 2013, when Nitish Kumar broke the alliance with BJP for the first time, Nand Kishore Yadav was made the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly. Before this, this post was held by Sushil Kumar Modi for a long time.

Took responsibility of many ministries
Nand Kishore Yadav was a minister many times in the Nitish government. He served the longest tenure in the Road Construction Department and also held the responsibility of the Ministry of Health, Family Welfare and Tourism. The top leadership of BJP made him the convener of Bihar NDA in 2003.

RSS affiliation
Nand Kishore Yadav was born on 26 August 1953. He completed his matriculation in 1970 and left his graduation studies during the JP movement. He has been associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since 1969. Within the party, he is known to be a prominent Yadav leader and for his good coordination with Nitish Kumar.