Patna, Nov 5, 2025

A day before the first phase of polling in the Bihar Assembly elections — slated for Thursday — the Jan Suraaj candidate from Munger Assembly constituency snapped ties with his party and jumped ship to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The fledgling party nominee, Sanjay Singh, switched over to the BJP on Wednesday.

He took the BJP membership in the presence of the latter’s Munger candidate Kumar Pranay and extended his support to the NDA alliance.

His sudden withdrawal from the electoral race and switching over to the rival party gives a new twist to what was seen as a triangular contest. The electoral battle for Munger now remains ‘fixed’ between the NDA and RJD-Cong-led Mahagathbandhan.

After joining the BJP, Sanjay Singh told the media that he believes that Biha

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