Different parties and independent candidates have shown their strength in the election results of four seats of teacher and graduate constituencies of Bihar Legislative Council.
In the four results declared so far, RJD, BJP, Jan Suraj and independent candidates have won one seat each. These results have political messages for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Congress. Especially the performance of independent candidates has made the election contest interesting.
Independent candidate Dr. Rahul Raj won from Saran Teachers Constituency by defeating NDA supported JDU candidate Anand Pushkar by 1,815 votes. After the 14th round of counting, Rahul Raj got 4,965 votes, while Anand Pushkar got 3,150 votes. After the victory, Rahul Raj assured to give priority to the pending demands of the teachers including providing regular salary and benefits of seventh pay scale to the unfunded teachers.
The victory of RJD candidate Dr. Sanjeev Kumar from Patna teachers constituency was officially announced. Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary congratulated him. After the victory, Sanjeev Kumar accused the outgoing MLC Dr Naval Kishore Yadav of ignoring the interests of teachers and assured to fulfill the promises made to the teacher community.
Senior BJP leader Dr. NK Yadav scored a hat-trick by winning for the third consecutive time from Kosi Graduate constituency. In the final result, he defeated his nearest rival by more than 11 thousand votes.
In the first preference count, Yadav got 24,528 votes, RJD's Nitish Kumar got 18,918 votes and Jan Suraj's Rajneesh Ranjan got 15,536 votes. When the prescribed quota was not fulfilled, the second preference votes were counted, after which Yadav was declared victorious.
Whereas in Tirhut graduate constituency, independent candidate and former MLC Vanshidhar Brijwasi took a strong lead. After the tenth round, he got 25,090 votes, while JDU's Abhishek Jha got 19,771 votes and RJD's Rashmi Vinayak Gautam got 14,674 votes. Brijwasi was leading by 5,319 votes. Jan Suraj's candidate Dr. Vimohan Kumar also lagged behind in the contest.
These results have underlined the role of independent candidates in the politics of Legislative Council of Bihar. Among teacher and graduate voters, local issues, salaries, service facilities and functioning of representatives have emerged as the major issues influencing the election results.
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