The CPI(ML) Liberation, contesting the Bihar Assembly election as part of the INDIA bloc, has announced its list of candidates for the upcoming polls. Notably, the party has re-nominated all 12 of its sitting MLAs while introducing new faces in constituencies it failed to win in the 2020 election.
CPI(ML) Liberation candidates
Phase 1
1- Dhananjay from Bhore – SC (103)
2- Amarjeet Kushwaha from Ziradei (106)
3- Satyadeo Ram from Darauli – SC (107)
4- Amarnath Yadav from Daraunda (109)
5- Ranjeet Kumar Ram from Kalyanpur – SC (131)
6- Phoolbabu Singh from Warisnagar (132)
7- Bishwanath Chaudhary from Rajgir – SC (173)
8- Divya Gautam from Digha (181)
9- Gopal Ravi Das from Phulwari – SC (188)
10- Sandeep Saurav from Paliganj (190)
11- Quyamuddin Ansari from Arrah (194)
12- Shiv Prakash Ranjan from Agiaon – SC (195)
13- Madan Singh from Tarari (196)
14- Ajit Kumar Singh from Dumraon (201)
Phase 2
15- Birendra Prasad Gupta from Sikta (09)
16- Anil Kumar from Pipra (42), Supaul
17- Mahboob Alam from Balrampur (65)
18- Arun Singh from Karakat (213)
19- Mahanand Singh from Arwal (214)
20- Ram Bali Singh Yadav from Ghosi (217)
In the last assembly elections, the party contested 19 seats and won 12 of these.
#BREAKING CPI (ML) Announces List of 20 Candidates for Upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections pic.twitter.com/148gy5RiUM
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‘Wanted to contest at least 24, but…’
CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said that the party wanted to contest at least 24 seats in the upcoming Bihar election, but that could not be materialised.
“We have maintained the spirit of coalition. Although we deserved more seats, we finally decided to contest only 20 assembly segments,” he said, before adding, “We wanted to contest at least 24 seats this time, but it could not be materialised.”
He further expressed optimism about the INDIA bloc winning the election and forming a government in Bihar.
“I am confident that the ‘Mahatgathbandhan’ will win the polls with a thumping majority. People are tired of the NDA government,” he further said.
He also said that all the candidates who will contest the election in the first phase have filed their nomination papers. It is to be noted that yesterday was the last day to file nominations for the first phase of the Assembly election.