RJD, Cong announce candidates for five LS seats for 2nd phase

The RJD and the Congress, partners in the opposition Grand Alliance, Sunday announced the names of candidates for five Lok Sabha seats going to the second phase of polls in Bihar on April 18.

The Congress has named its candidate for Kishanganj, Katihar and Purnea seats while the RJD has named two sitting MPs of the party as candidates for Banka and Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituencies.

Releasing ts ninth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress announced the candidature of Dr Mohammad Javed from Kishanganj, Tariq Anwar from Katihar and Uday Singh alias Pappu Singh from Purnea, Bihar Congress spokesman Harkhu Jha told PTI.

Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav and Shailesh Kumar alias Bulo Mandal, both sitting MPs of the RJD, have been fielded by the RJD from Banka and Bhagalpur respectively, Bihar unit RJD president Ram Chandra Purvey told reporters here.

The last date for filing nominations for the second phase of polling is March 26.

Tariq Anwar, who won the Katihar seat as NCP candidate in 2014, had joined the Congress in September last year, while former BJP MP from Purnea, Uday Singh alias Pappu Singh, had joined the party on March 20 in Patna,