At least 20 candidates are in poll fray for Giridih lok Sabha constituency which is going for polls on 17 April. On the last days of nomination eight candidates were filed their nomination on Wednesday.
The candidates who filed their nominations for Giridih lS constituency are Ravindra Kumar Pandey from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Jagarnath Mahato (JMM), Umesh Chandra Mehata (AJSU), Saba Ahmad (JVM), Jaleshwar Mahato (JDU), Ashutosh Verma (TMC), Gurjeet Singh (AAP), Jitendra Kumar (Samajwadi Party), Videshi Mahato (JDP), Madhusudan Singh (Jharkhan Party), Kartik Mahato (BSP), Shiva Mahato (JMM Ulgulan), Mrinal K Dev (Socialist Party lohoia), Sanjeev Kumar Sinha (All India Forward Bloc) while Sanjeev Mahato, Sajtul Rab Akami, Sohrab Kha, Dilip Rajak, Chander Deo Prasad and Rajendra Mahato filed their nomination as independent candidates.
The scrutiny would be done on March 27 and candidates can withdraw from the poll fray by 29 March.