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JAMSHEDPUR: Though no formal announcements have been made by the ruling BJP, highly-placed sources in the saffron camp told TOI that sitting MPs Bidyut Baran Mahato and Laxman Gilua will again contest from Jamshedpur and Singhbhum Lok Sabha seats. The Jamshedpur seat has been won twice in a row by only Sailendra Mahato and his wife Abha Mahato. So Bidyut Baran Mahto, who hails from that community, will be a safe bet for BJP. Sailendra Mahato had won the seat on JMM ticket in 1989 and 1991. The seats will go to the polls in the sixth phase on May 12.The sources added that Mahato, who had left JMM and joined BJP just before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, will contest from the Jamshedpur seat, which has always been a high-profile seat in Jharkhand ..