Controversial MLA Manoranjan Singh Dhumal, who faced many criminal cases, has been fielded from Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat, while noted film director turned politician Prakash Jha has been fielded from West Champaran.
Currently, the Maharajganj seat is being represented by RJD leader Prabhunath Singh, who had defeated senior JD(U) leader P K Shahi in a Lok Sabha by-election in June last year. Prabhunath Singh was earlier with JD(U) and had defected to RJD, criticising Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
There was earlier a talk that the state unit of the party wanted Yadav to contest from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's strong-hold Nalanda as there was a view that the going could be tough for the JD(U) Chief this time in Madhepura since RJD has fielded Pappu Yadav alias Rajesh Ranjan from there.
The party has renominated Ranjan Prasad Yadav from Patiputra, where RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Yadav is locked in a fight with BJP candidate Ram Kripal Yadav, a former RJD leader who had been very close to Lalu.
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Another former RJD leader Devinder Prasad Yadav, who also joined JD(U) sometime back, has been fielded from Jhanjharpur.
Sitting MPs Maheshwar Hazari, Dinesh Chandra Yadav, Arjun Rai, Ram Sunder Das had been renominated from Samastipur, Khagaria, Sitamarhi and Hajipur respectively.
Ashwamedh Devi has been named as party candidate from Ujiarpur, marking the end of JD(U)'s alliance talks with CPI-M, which was seeking the Lok Sabha seat for itself.
Saleem Parvez has been fielded from Saran, where former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi (RJD) and former Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP) are in the fray.
The party has fielded Vijendra Choudhary from Muzaffarpur, Vijay Sahani from Vaishali, Anil Kumar from Gopalganj, Manoj Kumar from Siwan and Sanjay Jha from Darbhanga.
Santosh Shukla is contesting from Punia, Abu Kaiser from Bhagalpur, Ramprakash Mahato from Katihar, former MLA Vijay Mandal from Araria, Dineshwar Kamat from Supaul and Anil Kumar Sharma from Jehanabad.
JD(U) had yesterday announced candidates for six seats for Bihar. With today's list, the party has now declared candidates for all the 38 seats it is contesting in Bihar.
The party also declared one candidate from Chandigarh and four seats in Jharkhand.