In the Bihar Assembly elections, political turmoil has intensified due to the cancellation of ticket of Janata Dal United (JDU) MLA Gopal Mandal from Gopalpur. The party has expressed confidence in Bulu Mandal in his place. Angered by being denied ticket, Gopal Mandal has now announced to contest the elections as an independent.

Expressing his displeasure, Gopal Mandal made serious allegations against the top leadership of JDU. Gopal Mandal said, “I don’t know how my ticket was cut. Nitish Kumar had brought me to JDU and he was the one who supported me.”

‘Now upper caste people sit around Nitish Kumar’

Making a big attack, Gopal Mandal said, “Now Nitish Kumar has been hijacked by the big leaders of the party. He is being misled. Now only people from the upper caste sit around him, not people from the most backward class.”

‘I always keep a pistol with me’- Gopal Mandal

Gopal Mandal, famous for his outspokenness, said, “I am a bit of a braggart, I say it directly.” He also made a statement regarding his safety and said, “I always carry a pistol or a rifle. If someone shoots me, will I remain silent or kiss?”

Gopal Mandal will contest elections as an independent

Expressing confidence, Gopal Mandal said that he will contest the elections as an independent candidate and is confident of victory. The ticket was in my pocket, but only Nitish Kumar can tell how it was cut. There is no competition with me, victory will be ours.

I will file nomination after seeing the auspicious time – Gopal Mandal

Mandal also revealed that he had also received an offer from Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), but he did not respond to it. He said, “I still have faith in Nitish Kumar, but something is going wrong in the party.” He told that he will file nomination after seeing the auspicious time from Pandit.

Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav filed his nomination for the Bihar Assembly elections on Wednesday (October 15). Tejashwi Yadav is a candidate from Raghopur assembly seat of Vaishali district. In the affidavit filed during nomination, Tejashwi has given information about his total assets.

Tejashwi Yadav has informed in the affidavit that he has total assets worth around Rs 8.1 crore. Apart from this, Tejashwi also has many luxurious and expensive things, including an Italian made pistol and 50 live cartridges worth Rs 1.05 lakh. Apart from this, a desktop and a laptop are also included in it.

Movable assets worth Rs 6.12 crore

The RJD leader’s announcement also includes movable and immovable property. Tejashwi Yadav’s total assets include movable assets worth Rs 6.12 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 1.88 crore.

Tejashwi Yadav’s wife Rajshree Yadav has declared assets worth Rs 1.88 crore, which includes immovable property worth Rs 59.69 lakh. It has been told in the affidavit that Tejashwi has Rs 1.5 lakh in cash, while Rajshree has Rs 1 lakh.

Tejashwi and wife have about 50 tola gold

He has several bank accounts and has liabilities of Rs 55.55 lakh. Tejashwi Yadav also gave information about 200 grams of gold and 2 kilograms of silver, while Rajshree has 480 grams of gold.

Rs 1.35 crore government dues

The RJD leader has total government dues of Rs 1.35 crore, while his wife has no dues or liabilities. While filing nomination, RJD made a huge show of strength, in which thousands of supporters took part in the road show.

‘The people of Raghopur will bless me’- Tejashwi Yadav

Senior party leaders including Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti and Sanjay Yadav were with Tejashwi during the nomination process. Before filing the nomination, Tejashwi said, “The people of Raghopur have trusted me twice. This is my third nomination, and I am confident that they will bless me again. The people of Bihar are fed up with crime, corruption and unemployment. This time change is certain. Bihar will get a grand alliance government.”

Raghopur assembly seat is considered to be one of the hottest seats in Bihar assembly elections. Former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav is going to file nomination from this seat. Besides, it was also being speculated that Jan Suraj chief Prashant Kishore would also present his candidature from this seat. However, now Prashant Kishore has put an end to all the speculations. He has announced that he is not going to contest Bihar Assembly elections this time.

Prashant Kishore himself has informed that he will continue the work he is doing only for Jan Suraj Party. Chanchal Singh will be fielded from Raghopur seat.

‘Time will be wasted if I contest elections’- Prashant Kishore

Speaking to news agency PTI, Prashant Kishore said, “The party has decided that if I complete the work I already have, it will be enough. If I go to contest the elections, there will be a loss of 4-5 days. Due to this loss, many candidates of Jan Suraj may suffer. Therefore, for the interest of the party, I have been given the responsibility to continue doing the work I am doing.”

VIDEO | EXCLUSIVE: “No, I won’t contest. Party has decided… I will continue to do the work I have been doing in the party. I will continue with the organizational work for the larger interest of the party,” Jan Suraaj (@PrashantKishor) founder Prashant Kishor said responding to… pic.twitter.com/aYpbz9mpth

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 15, 2025

For information, let us tell you that Prashant Kishore had already decided that he will not contest elections from Raghopur in Vaishali district. Recently, he has given the symbol to Chanchal Singh for Raghopur seat, which made it clear that Tejashwi Yadav will not have a direct contest with Prashant Kishore. At the same time, Tejashwi Yadav will also file nomination from Raghopur seat today. He is going to contest elections from this seat for the third time.

In recent times, there was speculation that Tejashwi Yadav may contest elections this time from some other seat, possibly from Phulparas assembly seat in Madhubani district. However, later the equations changed.