15 candidates fighting Palamu bypoll

Daltongunj, Mar 14 (UNI) With the withdrawal of three candidates, including JD(U)'s Jitendra Kumar, altogether 15 aspirants are in the fray for the March 29 byelection to Palamu Parliamentary seat.

District Electoral Officer Nagendra Prasad Singh here said besides the JD(U) candidate, others, who withdrew were Devmania Devi and Mithilesh Paswan (both Independents).

Earlier, nominations of Lalan Bhuiyan (Samata Party), Parasnath Manjhi of the Manav Mukti Morcha and Brahmdeo Ram (Independent) were cancelled.

Counting would be held on April one.

Prominent among those in the fray are Jawahar Paswan (BJP), Ghuran Ram (RJD) and JVM(D)'s Prabhat Bhuiyan.

The byelection was necessitated after Manoj Bhuiyan (RJD) lost his Lok Sabha seat following the cash-for-query scam.

UNI