Bihar Assembly Elections 2025: BJP's RK Singh urges people not to vote for tainted candidates, including Dy CM

Patna: Former Union minister RK Singh of the BJP urged the people of Bihar to shun candidates with a criminal record, including those fielded by the NDA, one of them being Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary.

Singh, who is known to speak his mind, said people should not vote for such candidates "even if they belong to your caste and if none of those in the fray is without a taint, opt for NOTA".

Among the NDA candidates whom he mentioned by name were Choudhary (Tarapur) and gangster-turned-politician Anant Singh, the JD(U) candidate from Mokama.

Singh, who has been in political wilderness since losing the Arrah seat in the Lok Sabha polls last year, also named JD(U) candidates from Jagdishpur and Sandesh, both falling under the parliamentary constituency he failed to retain for a third consecutive term.

Singh, who vented spleen on his social media late Sunday night, also named RJD candidates Deepu Singh (Arrah) and Osama Shahab (Raghunathpur), whose fathers were involved in serious cases of crime.

A retired IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, Singh is a former Union home secretary. He was the power minister in the second Narendra Modi government.

He also cited the examples of JD(U) candidate Vibha Devi (Nawada) and RJD's Veena Devi (Mokama), whom he accused of being proxies for their convicted husbands.

Singh also spelt out details of the criminal cases that cast a shadow on the profile of the aforementioned candidates.