Summary:
“When it happened, our party’s core committee met and decided to contest for the Jehanabad seat,” Neeraj said. The JD(U) agreed to contest the Jehanabad seat only after the BJP requested us to do so,” said JD(U) spokesman and MLC Neeraj Kumar. First, state BJP chief Nityanand Rai solicited “proactive role” of Nitish and JD(U) in the bypolls and then deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi invited the CM to field his candidate from Jehanabad. The JD(U) fielded its former (2010) MLA from Jehanabad, Abhiram Sharma, for the same seat.However, the Jehanabad seat was the immediate bone of contention between RLSP and HAM(S). All the NDA constituents were engaged for the resolution of claims and counterclaims to the seats and also evolved clear understanding amicably..