The BJP on Tuesday released the first list of 27 candidates for the first phase late in the evening. The party has tried its best to address the social and ethnic equation in ticket distribution. The party has fielded Rajput, Bhumihar and Brahmin faces in 16 of the 27 seats. Apart from this, efforts have also been made to address OBCs, Dalits and OBCs.
If you look at the list of BJP candidates, maximum seven tickets have been given to Rajput candidates. By giving tickets to six Bhumihars and three Brahmins, the party has given considerable importance to its base vote. Apart from this, by giving tickets to three Yadav candidates, BJP has also tried to make a dent in the traditional vote bank of RJD. Apart from this, three Scheduled Caste candidates have got tickets. A tribal, a Vaishya, a Bind, a Dangi and a Chandravanshi have also been given tickets by the BJP. In this way, the party has given a share to the Backwards, Dalits and the Backward along with the Forward.
List of Bharatiya Janata Party candidates for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections. pic.twitter.com/2kAJQCTv5O
– Sushil Kumar Modi (@SushilModi) October 6, 2020
Ticket to five women including Shreyasi
Another special thing in the BJP list is that the party has fielded five women candidates out of 27. These include international shooter Shreyasi Singh. Shreyasi, daughter of former Union Minister Digvijay Singh, has recently joined BJP. He has been nominated from Jamui. Apart from this, Rinki Rani Pandey, who was made BJP candidate from Bhabua, became the party candidate in the by-election. At first her husband was a legislator from there.
Also read: RJD fielded 19 Yadav candidates in 41 seats of first phase, gave tickets to two Muslims
Three new faces were introduced, former MP also in the fray
Of the 27 candidates, the BJP has given three new people a chance. Apart from Shreyasi Singh, it is Kaushal Kumar Singh from Tarari who hails from the village of Brahmeshwar Singh, who was the chief of Ranvir Sena. Although working in the party for a long time. Atul Kumar has been given the opportunity from Vikram, who has been an officer of Yuva Morcha. Former MP Hari Manjhi has also entered the fray. The party has fielded him from Bodh Gaya Safe. The rest of the faces are known to the party who either contested in 2015 or even before that.
BJP, Bihar Pradesh President Dr. @sanjayjaiswalMP NDA released list of assembly seats found in BJP’s account of NDA. The list is attached. pic.twitter.com/viuoUFWbtJ
– BJP Bihar (@ BJP4Bihar) October 6, 2020
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