The BJP Tuesday released its first list of 71 candidates for next month’s Bihar Assembly elections, retaining several of its sitting MLAs and ministers while introducing new faces in select constituencies.

Of the 71 names, a majority, around 50, are repeat candidates who contested in the 2020 elections, including Sanjay Saraogi (Darbhanga), Awadhesh Singh (Hajipur), Rana Randhir Singh (Madhuban), Pawan Jaiswal (Dhaka), and Vinod Narayan Jha (Benipatti).

Among the key nominees are several senior leaders, such as Bihar Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, former state president and incumbent minister Mangal Pandey, former Deputy CMs Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, and ministers Krishna Kumar Rishi and Jibesh Kumar.

Tarkishore Prasad will again contest from Katihar, where he

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