Summary:
Two other family members of senior Paswan and sitting MPs, son Chirag from Jamui and brother Ramchandra Paswan from Samastipur, will be among the six LJP candidates in Bihar. BJP has also retained its state president and MP Nityanand Rai from Ujiarpur and Rajeev Pratap Rudy from Saran. In Madhubani, BJP has fielded Ashok Kumar Yadav, the son of its sitting MP Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav.JD(U) has retained both its sitting MPs — Santosh Kumar Kushwaha (Purnia) and Kaushalendra Kumar (Nalanda). Water resources department (WRD) minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, who also contested the last parliamentary election, has been fielded from Munger. BJP has fielded five Rajputs, two Brahmins, one each of Kayastha and Bhumihar)..