JD(U) names former Minister Sanjay Jha as its candidate for Rajya Sabha thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
India News: PATNA: Hours before the CM Nitish Kumar-led NDA in Bihar is scheduled to take up a no-confidence motion against Assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhar.
The numbers in Bihar Assembly are currently stacked in a fine balance in favour of NDA, and can only get disturbed if HAM(S) MLAs cross over to Mahagathbandhan
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The nomination process for biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha went underway in Bihar on Thursday with the Election Commission's notification for six seats, terms of which would end early next month. India News | Notifications Issued for Polls to Six Rajya Sabha Seats in Bihar.
Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary, who is also the state BJP president, has made it clear that his party will be fielding two candidates this time, in view of its superior numerical strength, while helping ally JD(U) win one seat. In the previous biennial polls of 2018, the JD(U), which was then the senior partner, had got two seats while the BJP had settled for one.