Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) on Thursday released its second list of 44 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections.

A day earlier, the party had announced 57 names. With the second list, it has declared candidates for all 101 seats it will contest.

The elections will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, and votes will be counted on November 14.

Several ministers, including Sheila Mandal, Vijendra Prasad Yadav, Leshi Singh, Jayant Raj and Mohammad Zama Khan, feature on the Janata Dal (United)’s second list.

Under the ruling National Democratic Alliance’s seat-sharing arrangement , the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (United) will contest 101 seats each out of the total 243 Assembly constituencies.

The Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshak

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