BJP announces names of candidates for assembly by-polls in Bihar, Odisha

The by-polls to Gopalganj and Mokama (Bihar) seats will be the first since chief minister Nitish Kumar ended his alliance with the BJP in August

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced the names of its candidates for the assembly by-elections in Bihar and Odisha. The by-polls to Gopalganj and Mokama seats (Bihar), which will be the first since chief minister Nitish Kumar ended his alliance with the BJP in August, and Dhamnagar (Odisha) will be held on November 3.

The BJP released a list of its candidates on Sunday. (HT PHOTO)

Kusum Devi will be the nominee for the Gopalganj assembly seat. Her husband Subhash Singh’s death necessitated the by-poll. Sonam Devi has been fielded for the Mokama seat, which fell vacant following the disqualification of four-term lawmaker Anant Kumar Singh.

BJP has named Suryabanshi Suraj Sithiaprajna as its candidate for the Dhamnagar (Scheduled Caste) seat as it released the list of candidates on Sunday.

The Election Commission of India last week announced the schedule for seven assembly by-polls seats in Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar, Telangana, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh on November 3. The results will be declared on November 6.