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Bihar Assembly polls: Cong withdraws two nominees

Party did not want any confusion to prevail vis-a-vis the alliance with the RJD for the Lok Sabha elections

Press Trust of India Patna
Last Updated : Apr 09 2014 | 4:16 PM IST
Congress has decided to withdraw its candidates from Vaisi and Khochadhaman assembly seats where bypoll will be held along with three other constituencies.

Congress has decided against contesting Kochadhaman and Baisi assembly seats and asked its candidates to withdraw from the fray, Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) Vice-President Prem Chandra Mishra said today.

Explaining the reason for the decision, he said, since both assembly segments were part of Kishanganj parliamentary seat being contested by sitting Congress MP Asrarul Haque, the party did not want any confusion to prevail vis-a-vis the alliance with the RJD for the Lok Sabha elections.

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On Maharajganj assembly seat, he said, Congress was considering whether to contest the seat and a decision would be taken soon.

Earlier Congress had announced that it would contest the bypoll to five Assembly seats without any alliance with the RJD.

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First Published: Apr 09 2014 | 3:54 PM IST

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