PATNA: Several “muscle men” from various parties, including the jailed Anant Singh, who opposed the Bihar Assembly elections, as well as his wives and children instead, are leading in their respective constituencies in the tally of Tuesday’s votes.
Anant Singh, a friend-turned-foe of Prime Minister Nitish Kumar, is running from Patna’s Mokama as Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate and leads by more than 16,000 votes against his rival Rajeev Lochan Narayan Singh of Janata Dal (United).
Housed in Patna’s Beur jail in a case under the strict Illegal Activity Activities (Prevention), he also won the 2015 Assembly elections as an independent candidate from inside the jail after Nitish’s JD (U) Kumar will deny him a ticket.
Known as “Chote Sarkar” and facing 37 cases, Singh also beat Mokama in 2005 and 2010 as a JD (U) candidate.
Rit Lal Ray of RJD, who was released from jail earlier this year, was also leading from Patna’s Danapur assembly constituency by a margin of more than 20,000 votes against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Asha Devi. Ray is the defendant in the murder case of Asha Devi’s husband, Satyanarayan Sinha, in 2003.
This is Ray’s first time running as an RJD candidate against Asha Devi. Ray had also faced her in 2010 as an independent candidate. But at that time he was booked into jail for the murder. Ray currently faces more than 33 cases involving murder, extortion, and various other charges.
Another muscular man from RJD, Prabhunath Singh’s son Randhir Kumar Singh, who opposed from the Chapra assembly constituency, was also leading against BJP’s Dr. CN Gupta by more than 2,400 votes.
Prabhunath Singh is currently serving a life sentence in a murder case.
Meanwhile, Narendra Kumar Pandey, aka Sunil Pandey, who ran as an independent candidate from the Tarari Assembly constituency in Bhojpur, leads by a margin of more than 700 votes, over the MLA Sudama Prasad of the Communist Party of India- Marxist-Leninist (Liberation). .
Meanwhile, Pandey’s younger brother and former MLC Hulas Pandey, also a muscular man, who ran as a candidate for the Lok Janshakti Party from the Brahmpur Assembly seat, is behind by a margin of more than 27,000 votes against Shambhu. Nath Yadav from RJD.
Vibha Devi, RJD leader accused of rape and former minister Raj Vallabh Yadav, leads from the Nawada assembly seat by a margin of more than 5,000 votes.
Another muscular man from RJD, Arun Yadav, facing charges of raping a minor, has sent his wife Kiran Devi from the Sandesh assembly seat in Bhojpur and she also leads by a margin of over 40,000 votes against his Vijendra. Yadav from JD (U).
On the JD (U) side, the wife of the late muscle man Bindi Yadav, Manorama Devi, competing from the Atri de Gaya Assembly seat, leads by a narrow margin of more than 600 votes against Ajay Yadav of the RJD.
His son Rocky Yadav is serving a life sentence for murder for killing a class 12 boy, Aditya Sachdeva, in a 2016 road rage in Gaya.
Meanwhile, the muscular man from RJD and the wife of former MP Rama Singh, Bina Singh, is behind by a margin of more than 1,400 votes from the Manhar Assembly constituency against Umesh Singh Kushwaha of JD (U). Former RJD minister and veteran leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh had opposed Rama Singh’s entry into the party just days before his death.
Another muscular man from RJD, Surendra Prasad Yadav, also known as “Magadh Samrat”, leads by a margin of more than 9,000 votes from the Belaganj Assembly constituency over Abhay Kumar Sinha of JD (U).
Anant Singh, a friend-turned-foe of Prime Minister Nitish Kumar, is running from Patna’s Mokama as Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate and leads by more than 16,000 votes against his rival Rajeev Lochan Narayan Singh of Janata Dal (United).
Housed in Patna’s Beur jail in a case under the strict Illegal Activity Activities (Prevention), he also won the 2015 Assembly elections as an independent candidate from inside the jail after Nitish’s JD (U) Kumar will deny him a ticket.
Known as “Chote Sarkar” and facing 37 cases, Singh also beat Mokama in 2005 and 2010 as a JD (U) candidate.
Rit Lal Ray of RJD, who was released from jail earlier this year, was also leading from Patna’s Danapur assembly constituency by a margin of more than 20,000 votes against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Asha Devi. Ray is the defendant in the murder case of Asha Devi’s husband, Satyanarayan Sinha, in 2003.
This is Ray’s first time running as an RJD candidate against Asha Devi. Ray had also faced her in 2010 as an independent candidate. But at that time he was booked into jail for the murder. Ray currently faces more than 33 cases involving murder, extortion, and various other charges.
Another muscular man from RJD, Prabhunath Singh’s son Randhir Kumar Singh, who opposed from the Chapra assembly constituency, was also leading against BJP’s Dr. CN Gupta by more than 2,400 votes.
Prabhunath Singh is currently serving a life sentence in a murder case.
Meanwhile, Narendra Kumar Pandey, aka Sunil Pandey, who ran as an independent candidate from the Tarari Assembly constituency in Bhojpur, leads by a margin of more than 700 votes, over the MLA Sudama Prasad of the Communist Party of India- Marxist-Leninist (Liberation). .
Meanwhile, Pandey’s younger brother and former MLC Hulas Pandey, also a muscular man, who ran as a candidate for the Lok Janshakti Party from the Brahmpur Assembly seat, is behind by a margin of more than 27,000 votes against Shambhu. Nath Yadav from RJD.
Vibha Devi, RJD leader accused of rape and former minister Raj Vallabh Yadav, leads from the Nawada assembly seat by a margin of more than 5,000 votes.
Another muscular man from RJD, Arun Yadav, facing charges of raping a minor, has sent his wife Kiran Devi from the Sandesh assembly seat in Bhojpur and she also leads by a margin of over 40,000 votes against his Vijendra. Yadav from JD (U).
On the JD (U) side, the wife of the late muscle man Bindi Yadav, Manorama Devi, competing from the Atri de Gaya Assembly seat, leads by a narrow margin of more than 600 votes against Ajay Yadav of the RJD.
His son Rocky Yadav is serving a life sentence for murder for killing a class 12 boy, Aditya Sachdeva, in a 2016 road rage in Gaya.
Meanwhile, the muscular man from RJD and the wife of former MP Rama Singh, Bina Singh, is behind by a margin of more than 1,400 votes from the Manhar Assembly constituency against Umesh Singh Kushwaha of JD (U). Former RJD minister and veteran leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh had opposed Rama Singh’s entry into the party just days before his death.
Another muscular man from RJD, Surendra Prasad Yadav, also known as “Magadh Samrat”, leads by a margin of more than 9,000 votes from the Belaganj Assembly constituency over Abhay Kumar Sinha of JD (U).
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