Bihar elections: Congress announces first list of 21 candidates

The Congress on Tuesday announced its first list of 21 candidates for the forthcoming Bihar Assembly election.

Congress is part of the Grand Alliance led by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. Congress has got 70 seats in the Mahagathbandhan. In the last election, Congress had won 27 Assembly constituencies.

Here is the list of the candidates:

• Kahalgaon-Subhanand Mukesh
• Sultanganj-Lallan Yadav
• Amarpur-Jitendra Singh
• Jamalpur-Dr Ajay Kumar Singh
• Lakhisarai-Amarish Kumar (Anish)
• Barbigha-Gajanand Sahi alias Munna Shahi
• Baadh - Satyendra Bahadur

• Vikram-Siddharth Saurav
• Buxar-Sanjay Kumar Tiwari alias Munna Tiwari
• Rajpur (SC) - Vishwanath Ram
• Chainpur - Prakash Kumar Singh
• Chinari (SC) - Murari Prasad Gautam
• Kargarh - Santosh Kumar Mishra
• Kutumba (SC) – Rajesh Kumar
• Aurangabad-Anand Shankar Singh
• Gaya (Town) - Akhauri Onkar Nath
• Tikari – Sumant Kumar
• Wazirganj-Shashi Shekhar Singh
• Hisua-Nitu Kumari
• Warsaliganj-Satish Kumar “Mantan Singh
• Sikandra (SC) - Sudhir Kumar alias Bunty Chaudhary