Counting of votes is underway for the by-elections to Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur assembly seats in Bihar. In the fourth round also, RJD is ahead in Kusheshwar Asthan by 365 votes. At the same time, in the second round in Tarapur, RJD is ahead by 917 votes. The results are expected to be out by 3 pm.
Tejashwi Yadav, who reached Darbhanga as soon as the counting of votes began, expressed the possibility of rigging. She has asked the government that how the duty of those seeking votes for JDU has been included in the counting? How was Sanjeev Kapoor made the Returning Officer? Tejashwi claimed that we will win with huge votes. If the administration or some people will disturb, then we are here, that is why we have come to Darbhanga. Our eyes are on everyone. We will not allow the theft of mandate. At the same time, Lalu Yadav has also claimed that we will win both seats.
Both the seats fell vacant after the death of the MLAs of Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan. Mevalal Chaudhary, MLA from Tarapur, died of Corona. At the same time, Kusheshwar Asthan MLA Shashi Bhushan Hazari died of prolonged illness. Both the MLAs were from JDU. In the polling held on October 30, a total voter turnout of 49.5% was recorded in both seats.
On behalf of the NDA, only JDU candidates were fielded in both seats. The reason was that both these seats were earlier with JDU. Late MLA Mevalal Choudhary's son had refused to contest the election. Due to this, JDU had fielded Rajiv Kumar Singh of Kushwaha Samaj from Tarapur. At the same time, JDU had fielded Aman Hazari, son of late MLA Shashi Bhushan Hazari, from Kusheshwar Asthan.
In the by-election, the alliance between RJD and Congress was broken. While RJD had fielded its candidates on both the seats, in response, Congress also fielded its candidates on both the seats. The RJD had fielded Arun Shah from Tarapur and Ganesh Bharti from Kusheshwar Asthan. Kusheshwar Asthan is a reserved assembly constituency, in such a situation, Congress had fielded Atirek Kumar, son of its old candidate Ashok Ram. At the same time, Rajesh Mishra was contested from Tarapur. Apart from all this, the third factor was also Chirag Paswan. He has fielded Anju Devi from Kusheshwar Asthan. Has expressed confidence in Chandan Singh from Tarapur.
