Bihar Elections: Fmr DGP Pandey's Buxur seat goes to BJP, Shreyasi to contest from Jamui

It seems like former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey's political ambitions are facing turbulence shortly after y took flight.  Pandey, who took voluntary retirement to join JD(U) ahead of Bihar polls has faced a major setback after seat he was eyeing went to BJP under NDA's seat-sharing scheme.

former Bihar DGP who had been extremely vocal during Sushant Singh Rajput death probe was looking to contest Bihar elections from his hometown Buxur as a JD(U) candidate. However, Buxur has always been a stronghold for  saffron party with prominent faces like Ashwini Chaubey. 

While BJP refused to release names of its candidates from Buxar and Brahampur, it has anunced its candidate from Shahpur seat in Buxar, which was speculated to go to retired DGP.

This is t first time that Pandey's political aspirations have run out of steam before y took-off. Earlier, Pandey had taken premature retirement to contest Lok Sabha elections in 2009, but  state government did t accept his VRS application and reinstated him in service. He had recently been in headlines for his stout defence of Nitish Kumar administration when it was under attack from Shiv Sena-led government in Maharashtra over Bihar Police's probe into death of Rajput. It remains to be seen if retired DGP would be offered ar seat by Party supremo Nitish Kumar.

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Shreyasi Singh to contest from Jamui

Meanwhile, Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter Shreyasi Singh, daughter of former Union Minister late Digvijay Singh, has anunced that she would contest Bihar Elections from Jamui seat. She had formally joined BJP in presence of party leader Bhupendra Yadav on October 5.

Bihar assembly polls will be held in three phases on October 28, vember 3 and vember 7, and counting of votes will take place on vember 10. mination process for first phase, under which 71 of total 243 seats will go to polls, began from October 1 and will end on October 8. 

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