<p>Filmmaker Prakash Jha will contest the Lok Sabha election from Bettiah parliamentary constituency in Bihar on a Janata Dal-United ticket, state JD-U president Vashisht Narain Singh said Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Jha's name figured in the first list of four candidates released by the JD-U for the general elections. <br /><br />Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced Jha's candidature for the polls Thursday during his Sankalp Yatra in East Champaran district, Singh said.<br /><br />The party has decided to field Jha, a native of a village near Bettiah, keeping in view the caste equation on the ground. <br /><br />Jha contested and lost the 2009 Lok Sabha election, but is hopeful of wooing voters of all sections, particularly Muslims, this time.<br /><br />He fought on a Lok Janshakti Party ticket in 2009.<br /><br />The filmmaker has been campaigning in the state, particularly in Bettiah, for nearly a month and addressed a public meeting Thursday along with the chief minister.<br /><br />Jha also staged a dharna with Nitish Kumar in a protest over the denial of special category status to Bihar March 2 in Patna.<br /><br />He announced he would soon make a film on the subject.<br /><br />Jha is known for making films like "Gangaajal", "Apaharan", "Raajneeti", "Satyagraha" and "Aarakhshan".<br /><br />A suspended BJP legislator, Avanish Kumar Singh also figured in the JD-U's first list. Singh, who formally joined the JD-U Thursday, will contest the Lok Sabha election from East Champaran constituency.</p>
<p>Filmmaker Prakash Jha will contest the Lok Sabha election from Bettiah parliamentary constituency in Bihar on a Janata Dal-United ticket, state JD-U president Vashisht Narain Singh said Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Jha's name figured in the first list of four candidates released by the JD-U for the general elections. <br /><br />Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced Jha's candidature for the polls Thursday during his Sankalp Yatra in East Champaran district, Singh said.<br /><br />The party has decided to field Jha, a native of a village near Bettiah, keeping in view the caste equation on the ground. <br /><br />Jha contested and lost the 2009 Lok Sabha election, but is hopeful of wooing voters of all sections, particularly Muslims, this time.<br /><br />He fought on a Lok Janshakti Party ticket in 2009.<br /><br />The filmmaker has been campaigning in the state, particularly in Bettiah, for nearly a month and addressed a public meeting Thursday along with the chief minister.<br /><br />Jha also staged a dharna with Nitish Kumar in a protest over the denial of special category status to Bihar March 2 in Patna.<br /><br />He announced he would soon make a film on the subject.<br /><br />Jha is known for making films like "Gangaajal", "Apaharan", "Raajneeti", "Satyagraha" and "Aarakhshan".<br /><br />A suspended BJP legislator, Avanish Kumar Singh also figured in the JD-U's first list. Singh, who formally joined the JD-U Thursday, will contest the Lok Sabha election from East Champaran constituency.</p>