Mangal Pandey

About Mangal Pandey

Mangal Pandey

Senior BJP leader and minister (fielded from Siwan in BJP’s lists); a frontline BJP campaigner in the region.
Pandey is a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Bihar has served as the state's Health Minister and is a member of the Bihar Legislative Council. He was also the BJP Bihar state president from 2013 to 2017.
 
There have been political speculations that BJP might consider Mangal Pandey as a future Chief Ministerial candidate, as suggested by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, although the official NDA stance is to continue with Nitish Kumar as their CM candidate for the 2025 elections.

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 6:33 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 6:28 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 6:27 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 6:24 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 6:17 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 6:15 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 5:54 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 5:44 PM IST

Ujjivan SFB raises FCNR(B) deposit rate to 7.50% after RBI eases norms

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 5:41 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 5:33 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 5:30 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 5:28 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 5:25 PM IST

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Updated On: 02 Jul 2026 | 5:15 PM IST