All the five candidates, including Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, who have filed their nominations for as many seats of the Upper House of Parliament from Bihar, on Friday looked set to get elected unopposed.
According to Vidhan Sabha secretary and returning officer Bateshwar Nath Pandey, those who filed their papers on Friday, the last day of nominations, included the JD(U)'s Harivansh and Ram Nath Thakur, and Vivek Thakur of the BJP.
Two RJD candidates Prem Chand Gupta and A D Singh
All the five seats are at present held by the NDA
However, the debutant rebutted the allegation while talking to reporters after filing his nomination papers, saying he has spent 24 years as an active member of the BJP and held key organizational posts in party and its youth wing
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