<p>Patna: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bihar">Bihar</a> Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/nitish-kumar">Nitish Kumar</a>'s <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/jdu">JD(U)</a> on Friday announced its candidate for the Rupauli assembly constituency, where the resignation of multiple-term MLA Bima Bharti has necessitated a bypoll.</p>.<p>State JD(U) president Umesh Singh Kushwaha gave the party ticket to Kaladhar Prasad Mandal, who had contested the 2020 assembly polls, against Bharti, as an independent.</p>.AAP asks TDP, JD(U) to ensure one of them gets LS Speaker post.<p>Bharti, who had won the seat for JD(U) for the third time in a row, quit the party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls to contest from Purnea as the RJD candidate.</p>.<p>However, the seat was won by independent candidate Pappu Yadav, while Bharti lost deposit and finished a distant third, way behind the JD(U) runners-up Santosh Kushwaha, who was defeated after two consecutive victories.</p>.<p>According to Kushwaha, the candidature of Mandal "has been approved by the chief minister", who is also the JD(U)'s national president.</p>.<p>The choice seems to have been driven by a high concentration, in Rupauli, of Gangotas, an extremely backward class to which Bharti also belonged.</p>.<p>Bharti has indicated that she was unwilling to contest the by-poll, but if the RJD decided to field its candidate, she would lobby for the ticket for any of her family members.</p>.<p>The RJD has an alliance with the CPI, which had contested the seat in 2020. The Left party has announced that it will contest the by-poll.</p>.<p>The last date for filing of nomination is June 21 and voting will take place on July 10. </p>
<p>Patna: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bihar">Bihar</a> Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/nitish-kumar">Nitish Kumar</a>'s <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/jdu">JD(U)</a> on Friday announced its candidate for the Rupauli assembly constituency, where the resignation of multiple-term MLA Bima Bharti has necessitated a bypoll.</p>.<p>State JD(U) president Umesh Singh Kushwaha gave the party ticket to Kaladhar Prasad Mandal, who had contested the 2020 assembly polls, against Bharti, as an independent.</p>.AAP asks TDP, JD(U) to ensure one of them gets LS Speaker post.<p>Bharti, who had won the seat for JD(U) for the third time in a row, quit the party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls to contest from Purnea as the RJD candidate.</p>.<p>However, the seat was won by independent candidate Pappu Yadav, while Bharti lost deposit and finished a distant third, way behind the JD(U) runners-up Santosh Kushwaha, who was defeated after two consecutive victories.</p>.<p>According to Kushwaha, the candidature of Mandal "has been approved by the chief minister", who is also the JD(U)'s national president.</p>.<p>The choice seems to have been driven by a high concentration, in Rupauli, of Gangotas, an extremely backward class to which Bharti also belonged.</p>.<p>Bharti has indicated that she was unwilling to contest the by-poll, but if the RJD decided to field its candidate, she would lobby for the ticket for any of her family members.</p>.<p>The RJD has an alliance with the CPI, which had contested the seat in 2020. The Left party has announced that it will contest the by-poll.</p>.<p>The last date for filing of nomination is June 21 and voting will take place on July 10. </p>