INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Patna: Over 53 per cent of voting was recorded during the second phase of Bihar Assembly elections on Tuesday
The voting in this phase was held in 94 constituencies across 17 districts.The second phase is crucial for both the NDA as well as the
Opposition alliance being led by RJD
In this phase, the JD(U) has fielded candidates on 43 seats, the BJP on 46 and Vikasheel Insan Party fielded candidates on 5 Assembly seats
direct fight with BJP on 28 seats and 24 seats with JD(U)
The Congress is contesting 12 seats each against the BJP and JD(U).Prominent leaders whose fate will be decided during the second phase are
Tejashwi Yadav from Raghopur
Reports suggest that he has the support of don turned politician Rama Singh from the seat.However, his elder brother Tej Pratap, who had won
from Mahua seat in 2015, is contesting from Hasanpur and is locked in a tough battle against two times sitting JD(U) MLA Raj Kumar
He is sitting MLA from Patna Sahib Seat and a minister in Nitish Kumar Cabinet
Bankipore Assembly seat comes under the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency that elected Shatrughan Sinha twice in 2009 and 2014 when he was
Shatrughan Sinha by fielding his son from the seat.
