Pushpam Priya Chaudhary who has been touring villages and saw herself as CM candidate, meeting locals in Bankipur since March aiming to connect with people was trailing from both her seats, trends of the Bihar Assembly election results showed.
Chaudhary announced that she will give tickets to well-educated people, social activists, teachers, doctors, and other professionals. In Bankipur, Priya is facing a stiff challenge from BJP’s three-time MLA Nitin Navin and Congress’ Luv Sinha, son of Shatrughan Sinha.
From Bankipur seat in Patna, three-time BJP MLA Nitin Navin was leading, followed by Congress candidate Luv Sinha, son of Shatrughan Sinha, and Pushpam Priya Chaudhary. From Bisfi seat in Madhubani, RJD MLA Fayaz Ahmad was leading, followed by BJP’s Haribhushan Thakur and Pushpam Priya Chaudhary.
Pushpam Priya Chaudhary is the daughter of former JDU MLC Vinod Chaudhary. London School of Economics alumna had announced her foray into the Bihar elections with elaborate newspaper ads.
Bankipur is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha seat in the Magadh region and Patna district of Bihar. It shares an inter-state border with Patna. Bankipur is part of 30. Patna Sahib Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly elections, Nitin Naveen of BJP won this seat by defeating Kumar Ashish of INC by a margin of 39,767 votes which was 27.59% of the total votes polled in the constituency. BJP had a vote share of 60.19% in 2015 in the seat. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP got the most votes in 182. Bankipur Assembly segment of Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad won the Patna Sahib Parliament seat.
The candidates contesting in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections from Bankipur are: Arun Kumar Sinha (BJP), Dharamendra Kumar (RJD), Prabhunath Kumar Azad (BSP), Sumit Ranjan Sinha (NCP), Anita Devi (ANC), Arun Kumar Mehta (AKP), Ashok Kumar Keshri (RSSD), Uttam Kumar (JDR), Kumar Raunak (PP), Krishna Nandan Saw (SJPB), Tapendra Narayan (JTLP), Purushottam Kumar (BJKDD), Prem Shanker Prasad (PBI), Fazal Ahmad (JDS), Brajeshwar Prasad Singh (SKVP), Rajesh Ranjan (Pappu) (JAPL), Vikash Kumar (JSVP), Sharad (BSLP), Suryakar Jitendra (SUCI), Amit Kumar (IND), Khurshid Alam (IND), Binod Kumar Pathak (IND), Madhumesh Choudhary (IND), Shatrudhan Prasad (IND).
