BJP man drops out of Bihar bypoll race in opposition to Prashant Kishor. India Information
2 min learnPatnaJul 10, 2026 09:13 PM IST
In an attention-grabbing flip of occasions forward of the July 30 Bankipur bypoll, BJP candidate Abhishek Kumar Friday withdrew his nomination citing “household causes”, with the occasion quickly declaring its Mandal adhyaksh Neeraj Kumar Sinha as the brand new candidate for a bypoll shaping as much as be a triangular contest with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Jan Suraaj Occasion (JSP).
With JSP founder Prashant Kishor coming into the fray, Bankipur is popping right into a status battle for the BJP, particularly since its nationwide president Nitin Nabin has represented the seat 5 instances since 2006. The constituency has been a BJP stronghold since 1995, when it was nonetheless known as Patna West.
The brand new candidate, Neeraj Kumar Sinha, 32, is at present the Mandal adhyaksh of Narendra Bharti Mandal, named after his uncle, who was related to the Bharatiya Jan Sangh. Sinha, serving a second time period as Mandal president, was additionally vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. A graduate from Patna, he has been a BJP member because the age of 12.
An overwhelmed Sinha advised reporters: “I had by no means imagined {that a} sales space degree employee like me could possibly be given such an honour. I’m overwhelmed and assured of my victory by an enormous margin.”
Earlier within the day, Abhishek Kumar alias Abhishek Bunty, who had filed his nomination Thursday and later shared a public platform with senior leaders, mentioned: “I might say with all humility that I might not have the ability to contest elections due to household points. I’ll proceed to work for the occasion. I’m grateful to the occasion for contemplating me for the Bankipur bypoll.”
BJP sources mentioned Abhishek Kumar, who had studied solely as much as Class 10, “regarded a weak candidate as in comparison with RJD’s Rekha Guptaa graduate, and extremely certified JSP candidate Prashant Kishor”. A senior BJP chief mentioned: “We stick with our stand of giving tickets to frequent staff. Second, the occasion went with an higher caste Kayastha candidate, a convention we’ve maintained from Prasad days (1977) to Naveen Kishore Sinha (1995 to 2005) to Nitin Nabin (2006 to 2026).”
