Polling begins for 5 Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar, says official; CM Nitish Kumar, BJP chief in fray
Voting for five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar has begun, according to an official, with five nominees from the ruling NDA and one from the Opposition RJD contesting the biennial polls.
Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar and BJP national president Nitin Nabin are among the NDA candidates.
The other three nominees from the ruling coalition are Union Minister Ram Nath Thakur, Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) chief Upendra Kushwaha, both sitting members of the Rajya Sabha, and BJP’s Shivesh Kumar, who is seeking a berth in the Upper House of Parliament for the first time.
With numbers comfortably in favour of the NDA for four seats and marginally short for the fifth, the Opposition forced an election by fielding RJD’s Amarendra Dhari Singh.
– PTI
