Thursday, October 24th, 2019

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) candidate Prince Raj, nephew of Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, was ahead of the Congress’ Ashok Kumar as votes were counted on Thursday in the Samastipur Lok Sabha by-election in Bihar. The Election Commission was declaring results for the seat together with five assembly constituencies in the state. Why the bypoll was held The Samastipur seat, reserved for Scheduled Castes, fell vacant after the death of sitting LJP MP Ramchandra Paswan, the younger brother of the party’s founder. Prince Raj, his son, was making his firstRead More