Bhola Yadav elected unopposed to Legislative Council

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's close aide Bhola Yadav was today elected unopposed to the lone Legislative Council seat, an official said.
Yadav was declared elected unopposed to the lone seat in the council as he was the only nominee in the fray after the deadline for withdrawal of candidature ended today, Legislative Assembly acting secretary Hareram Mukhiya said.
The lone Legislative Council seat fell vacant after the resignation of RJD MLC Gulam Gaus who later switched over to the ruling JD(U) and unsuccessfully contested from the Madhubani parliamentary seat on its ticket.
In a fast-paced political development in Bihar after the general elections, erstwhile bitter rivals JD(U) and RJD joined forces to unitedly take on the BJP and under this arrangement the vacant Legislative Council seat went to the RJD which nominated Bhola Yadav as its candidate.

Interestingly, the BJP decided against challenging the ruling party in the election, paving way for the victory of the RJD candidate in the bypoll.