Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced its candidate for the by-election to be held on Bankipur assembly seat of Bihar. The party has declared its Yuva Morcha leader Abhishek Kumar as its candidate from Bankipur. This seat has become vacant after the resignation of the party’s national president Nitin Naveen.
Opposition parties are also planning strategies to win this high profile seat. At the same time, due to Nitin Naveen’s seat, BJP will not let it go at any cost. In such a situation, the by-election in Bankipur has become quite interesting.
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Who is youth leader Abhishek Kumar?
In the letter issued by the BJP headquarters, it was said that the party’s Central Election Committee approved the name of Abhishek Kumar. According to party sources, Abhishek Kumar, popularly known as ‘Bunty’, is currently the state vice president of the Bihar unit of BJP Yuva Morcha.
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Opposition also fielded candidates
In the by-election to be held on Bankipur assembly seat, Prashant Kishore announced to contest on behalf of his party Jan Suraj, while Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has made Rekha Gupta its candidate. Rekha Gupta was the runner-up in the assembly elections held last year.
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