Many senior politicians bit the dust in Bihar Assembly polls including Speaker of the outgoing Assembly Uday Narayn Chaudhary who was defeated from Imamganj by former CM and HAM founder Jitan Ram Manjhi. But Manjhi who had also contested from his sitting seat Makhdoompur, was defeated there by Subedar Das.
Criticising Chaudhary, Manjhi had declared that he was going to defeat the Ravana in Imamganj. This constituency in Gaya district is the only seat that went in the kitty of HAM.
Another important loser is senior Minister Ramai Ram who was defeated from Bochaha by an independent Baby Kumari. Former Minister and HAM candidate Shahid Ali Khan lost Sursand seat and state lJP president Pashupati Kumar Paras from Alauli. lJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan’s nephew Prince Raj failed in his debut poll from Kalyanpur. Manjhi’s son Santosh Kumar Suma was defeated in Kutumba by Rajesh Kumar.
Another former Minister and Manjhi loyalist Nitish Mishra, who is son of former CM Jagannath Mishra, lost from Jhanjharpur. Mishra had been fielded by the BJP. Another Manjhi follower Gyanendra Kumar Singh Gyanu who too was fielded by the BJP however won from Barh.
In the neighbouring Mokama constituency don Anant Kumar Singh contesting as Independent also won. Singh had been expelled from the JD(U) and contested polls from behind the bars. He defeated JD(U) spokesman Neeraj Kumar.
The much talked about All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen utterly failed to make its presence felt in Seemanchal region. The party of Asaduddin Owaidi had fielded six candidates. Akhtarul Iman, a former MlA, and Owaisi’s pointsman, lost from Kochadhaman. BJP’s both Muslim candidates, including sitting MlA Saba Zafar from Amour were also defeated. All the candidates of Pappu Yadav’s Jana Adhikar Party lost. The NCP also failed to open account.
The surprising defeat was seen in Ghosi constituency from where sitting MlA and Manjhi loyalist Rahul Sharma lost. This seat had been stronghold of former MP Jagdish Sharma, Rahul’s father, and during the past three decades only his family members had been winning this seat.
Among the prominent winners include lalu Prasdad’s both sons Tej Pratap from Mahua and Tejashwi Yadav from Raghopur, RJD’s Abdul Bari Siddiqui (Alinagar), state RJD chief Ram Chandra Purbe (Parihar), Sadanand Singh of Congress from Kahalgaon, Ministers Shrawan Kumar (Nalanda), Vijay Chaudhary (Sarai Ranjan), Bijendra Prasad Yadav (Supaul), Shyam Rajak (Phulwari). Almost all the Ministers in Nitish cabinet emerged victorious. Dadan Pehalwan, who joined JD(U) on the eve of polls also won from Buxar. BJP’s Nand Kishore Yadav won from Patna Sahib. The BJP succeeded in retaining its seats Bankipur and Kumhrar in Patna.
lalu’s two men Friday Bhola Yadav and Shakti Yadav won from Bahadurpur and Hilsa respectively. Former Minister Ilyas Husain, who was involved in bitumen scam, also won from Dehri.
Almost all the kin of the leaders of RJD and JD(U) won the election as against the wards of BJP, lJP and HAM leaders. The CPI(Ml) which could not open its account in 2010 election won two seats.