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BJP announces candidate for Datia by-poll

On Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party replaced its Bankipur Assembly bypoll candidate after Abhishek Kumar Sinha withdrew citing family reasons; the party immediately named Neeraj Kumar Sinha as his successor.
The Bankipur Assembly seat fell vacant after BJP MLA Nitin Nabin resigned following his election to the Rajya Sabha, necessitating the by-election.
Contesting the seat are the BJP, the Jan Suraaj Party led by Prashant Kishor, and the Rashtriya Janata Dal fielding Rekha Gupta in high-profile Bankipur, a central Patna constituency with around 4 lakh voters.
At Thursday's public rally, leaders from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, including Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, rallied behind Neeraj Kumar Sinha, with Bihar BJP State president Sanjay Saraogi calling him a "living example" of grassroots commitment.
With July 13 marking the nomination deadline, both the BJP and Jan Suraaj Party have mounted aggressive campaigns, with Kishor portraying the July 30 bypoll as a crucial "referendum" on the ruling NDA government's performance in Bihar.

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BJP announces candidate for Datia by-poll

Tha ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday declared Ashutosh Tiwari as its candidate for the Datia Assembly by-election in Madhya Pradesh.

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For the July 30 Datia bypoll, BJP has fielded an organisational leader Ashutosh Tiwari, ignoring the claim of the party heavyweight and ex-home minister who represented the seat thrice

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Madhya Pradesh: BJP fields Ashutosh Tiwari for Datia by-election, drops Narottam Mishra

"I bow before and thank the party leadership for choosing an ordinary party worker like me as the BJP candidate from the Datia Assembly constituency. I express my gratitude to all our senior leaders for giving me this opportunity," Tiwari told ANI.

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