Two days after Anant Singh’s arrest in the only serious incident of violence in the Bihar Assembly elections, the JD(U) candidate and bahubali dominates the Mokama contest – in letter and spirit. On the final day of campaigning for the first phase on November 6, senior JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh canvassed with NDA supporters, who held a poster, saying: ‘Main bhi Anant (I too am Anant)’.

Anant Singh, who has over 50 charges against him and has kept the Mokama seat within the family since 2005, was held late on Saturday night on charges of murder, over the death of another strongman, Dularchand Yadav, in a political clash.

The same day as he began his campaign, Monday, Lalan Singh stirred a row by reportedly telling supporters at Shivnar village: “There are one-two l

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