Bihar Elections 2020: RJD-Congress CM pick Tejashwi files nomination; assures 10 lakh jobs

Ahe of Bihar elections, Mahagathbandhan's Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yav has filed mination from his Raghopur seat on Wednesday. He has declared that after coming to power, in his first cabinet meet, his Mahagathbandhan government will sanction funds for 10 lakh jobs. Highlighting that people are missing former CM Lalu Pras Yav who is currently in jail after being convicted in fodder scam cases, Tejashwi stated that he has sought blessings of his mor Rabri Devi and elder bror Tej Pratap.

In Raghopur, Tejashwi will be contesting against BJP's Satish Kumar, who incidentally, h trounced his mor Rabri Devi from seat in Sonepur district in 2010. Tej Pratap h filed his mination from Hasanpur seat on Tuesday after abandoning his current Mahua seat amid rumors that his estranged wife Aishwariya Rai will contest from that seat. 

Watch Tejashwi seeking blessing from mor and bror: 

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Seat-sharing formula 

RJD will contest 144 seats in Bihar as party agreed to a seat-sharing deal of 144-70 with Congress. Three or Communist parties are also part of Mahagathbandhan and are contesting on 29 seats. Tejashwi Yav has been declared its CM face. Bihar will vote in 3 phases - October 28, vember 3, and vember 7, with results being declared on vember 10.

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Or parties in poll-fray

This year's Bihar elections will witness clash of as many as five alliances. ruling JDU-BJP is contesting along with Mukesh Sahni's VIP and former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), while LJP has decided to go solo.  Mahagathbandhan led by RJD has lost many key allies and is contesting with Congress and three left parties, with Lalu Yav's son Tejashwi as CM face.

On 28 September, Pappu Yav who is eyeing a comeback in politics of Bihar stitched an alliance of his party Jan hikar Party (JAP) with Chandrashekhar Az's Az Samaj Party', MK Faizi's Social Democratic Party and Bahujan Mukti Party. y named it Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA). On or side, confident after his party's victory in byelections, AIMIM chief Asuddin Owaisi has teamed up with Upendra Kushwaha-led RLSP, Mayawati's BSP, Devendra Yav's SJDD, and SBSP as 'Grand Democratic Secular Front' to contest upcoming polls. 

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