There will be a formal announcement at Siwan or Choudhary will go and file his nomination.
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Lalu Prasad Yadav’s party played with Awadh Bihari Chaudhary, a strong soldier of Rashtriya Janata Dal, on the post of Speaker of Bihar Assembly. When he reached Siwan on Tuesday, he was welcomed that he has brought Lok Sabha ticket. He had said several times in a month that he was getting the ticket, but on Tuesday he even said that he had got the ticket. But, after a few hours he was surrounded. RJD did not formally announce its candidate for Siwan only among the 23 seats in its account for the Lok Sabha elections. He is still claiming to have got the ticket from Siwan, but the party is headed by Lalu Prasad’s old confidant, late former MP Mohd. Shahabuddin’s wife Hina is stuck with Shahab. The party does not want to leave Hina right now, whereas RJD’s ties with this family have been broken for a long time.
Difficult if Hina Shahab contests as independent
Mo. After the death of Shahabuddin, this family faced many difficulties. Even when there was a grand alliance government, Mohd. Seeing Shahabuddin’s son surrounded by troubles many times, mother Hina Shahab had a lot of expectations from Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and RJD. When those expectations did not seem to be fulfilled and she did not get attention in the party programs, Hina Shahab took a different path. Many times he described himself as a soldier of RJD and many times he also described himself as neutral. Now, instead of calling herself a soldier of RJD, she was seen preparing to contest as an independent candidate, and RJD saw a threat to this seat as well as the Muslim vote bank. Sunil Kumar Sinha, President of Chanakya Institute of Political Rights and Research, says, “Not sympathizing with Hina Shahab could hurt RJD’s MY equation, that is why the 23rd ticket was not declared. If Hina Shahab is given the ticket then emphasis will be given.” -Noisily, otherwise like the rest, Awadh Bihari Choudhary will go and file his nomination. Lalu is in favor of keeping Hina along.
Awadh Bihari Chaudhary will not be angry either
Avadh Bihari Chaudhary is MLA. After being sidelined for a long time, when the Grand Alliance government was formed, RJD made him the Speaker of Bihar Assembly. The work for which the party had appointed him, he did it very well. RJD’s Awadh Bihari Choudhary will be remembered for a long time for keeping a tight rein on opposition MLAs in the Grand Alliance government. In such a situation, even if he does not get the Lok Sabha ticket from Siwan, he might not be angry. Even after RJD did not declare its candidate for Siwan on Tuesday, when he was asked about it, he was seen giving vague answers. He said that the party is with him. They have been asked for tickets. The symbol paper was allotted two-three days before the election notification.