BJP leader Giriraj Singh, reportedly unhappy with the allotment of Nawada lok Sabha seat to him by the party, met party president Rajnath Singh on Friday and sought to contest from Begusarai instead for which sitting MP Bhola Singh has already been nominated on Thursday.
A day after his name figured in the lok Sabha candidates from Bihar, Singh made it known to the party president that he was upset with the decision to slot him for Nawada and not Begusarai. After meeting BJP president, Singh addressed the mediapersons and said that he is going back to Patna to decide his strategy adding he would “make one more sacrifice”.
Singh is one of the first State BJP leaders, who backed NarendraModi as the prime ministerial candidate. Singh has a strong support base amongst the Bhumihar Brahmin community. The fire-brand BJP leader met Singh at latter’s Ashoka Road residence here and apprised him of his “unhappiness”. The meeting lasted for 20 minutes. After emerging from Party President’s residence, the Bihar BJP leader looked a grim and announced that he would return to Patna to work out his political strategy.
On Thursday BJP finalised 25 candidates for Bihar lok Sabha that included names of senior central leaders Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and newly inducted Ram Kripal Yadav.