Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) announced candidates for all 16 Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in the State on March 24, with priority being accorded to Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes, the party’s core base.
According to the list made public at the JD(U) office in the presence of national vice president Vashisth Narayan Singh and Sanjay Kumar Jha, 12 of the party’s sitting MPs have been given another chance from their respective seats.