Independents to field candidate in RS election

Patna, Mar 6 (UNI) Independent MLAs of Bihar have decided to support Jai Narain Trivedi, who would contest the biennial election for Rajya Sabha as an independent candidate.

Stating this, Mr Lal Babu Rai, Independent MLA, told newsmen here today that all the ten Independent MLAs besides Legislators of the CPI(ML), the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samajwadi Party would support Mr Trivedi in the coming Rajya Sabha election.

President of the Akhil Jan Vikas Dal and MLA Dadan Singh alias Dadan Pahalwan, also present in the press conference, said his victory was almost certain as more than 45 MLAs had expressed their willingness to support him.

Mr Trivedi had worked a lot for the uplift of the downtrodden, he added.

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