The battle cry for Lok Sabha elections 2024 has been sounded. Election dates have been announced. Voting will be conducted in total 7 phases in Bihar. Bhagalpur, one of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, is considered an important seat from the political point of view. Political stalwarts from different parties have reached Parliament after winning from here. This time there is a heated discussion among the local people and public representatives regarding the Lok Sabha elections. The Election Commission of India has started the election war but till now the suspense remains on this seat. Various types of discussions are going on ranging from seat sharing to candidates.
Voting will be held in Bhagalpur in the second phase on 26th April.
Voting for Bhagalpur Lok Sabha seat is to be held in the second phase i.e. on 26th April. Nomination for this phase will start from March 28. More than 23 lakh voters will cast their vote and elect the MP. The administration has also intensified its preparations. But which party will field candidates from Grand Alliance and NDA on this seat? Suspense remains regarding this. The discussion about this has intensified from social media to common people.
MPs from different parties became MPs from Bhagalpur.
Bhagalpur also saw Bhagwat Jha Azad and Ramji Singh become MPs. Sushil Modi and Shahnawaz Hussain also became MPs from here. The people of Bhagalpur have given their strong support to different parties from time to time and elected them as MPs. Candidates of Congress, RJD, BJP and Left parties have also reached Parliament after winning from here.
The result of this seat surprised even in the strong wave
In the Lok Sabha elections 2014, BJP candidate Shahnawaz Hussain was defeated by RJD candidate Bulo Mandal in the strong Modi wave. Whereas in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, this seat went to JDU’s account under the alliance. JDU gave ticket to its MLA Ajay Mandal. NDA candidate Ajay Mandal then defeated Grand Alliance supported RJD candidate Bulo Mandal in a direct contest and became MP. This time, speculations have intensified regarding whether this seat will remain with JDU or BJP.
Suspense remains in both camps regarding seat and candidate
Talking about NDA in Bhagalpur, many contenders from both BJP and JDU camps are active this time. There is a state of suspense among the people on whether this seat will remain with JDU or will go to BJP’s account again. In the current equation of NDA, it was also discussed that JDU can exchange some seats. After which the discussion intensified that something like this is not going to happen in Bhagalpur seat also. However, no clear situation has emerged yet regarding this. Something similar is happening in the Grand Alliance also. Various discussions and speculations are being made regarding whether RJD will retain this seat or whether it will hand over this seat to its partner party.
People are asking each other who will be the candidate.
If Bhagalpur seat remains with JDU, will JDU bet on its winning candidate only, or will the candidates be changed? Suspense remains regarding this also. In the opposition camp, if the seat goes to RJD, then there is suspense about who will be the candidate. There are various types of discussions regarding the candidature also. The situation is such that sometimes there is discussion about staking a leader from this party and sometimes from that party. People are found taking information from their close ones on the phone as to whose account this seat will come to and who will be the candidate. However, soon all the suspense is going to be unveiled.