Bihar bypolls News
Initially, Kumari, the daughter-in-law of Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, was trailing.
Rohini Acharya blamed her maternal uncle and Owaisi for RJD's loss to BJP in bypolls
She accused them of playing the role of 'vote katwa'
Among the seven seats where by-polls were held on November 3, the BJP held three seats, the Congress two while the Shiv Sena and the RJD had one each.
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The son of Dalit stalwart Ram Vilas Paswan, Chirag Paswan headed the Lok Janshakti Party founded by his father till it came apart last year following a rebellion by uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras who rallied along all other LJP MPs.
The counting of votes is currently underway in West Bengal's Asansol and Ballygunge, Bihar's Bochahan, Chhattisgarh's Khairagarh and Kolhapur North in Maharashtra.
By-election to the Bochahan assembly seat in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district began amid tight security
A total of 2.90 lakh voters will decide the fates of 13 candidates, three of them women, in the by-election
In Kusheshwar Asthan, JD(U)'s Aman Bhushan Hazari defeated RJD candidate Ganesh Bharti by more than 12,000 votes.
RJD and Congress broke off alliance ahead of Bihar bypolls.
Lalu Yadav said RJD has always supported Congress.
Bihar will witness by-elections in two seats including Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) and Tarapur.
Lalu Prasad reached Patna on Sunday (October 24)
He will campaign for the by-polls on October 26 and 27
Jokihat seat in minority muslims dominated Araria district of Bihar was held by JD(U) during the 2015 state elections.
After trailing in the initial round of counting, the Rashtriya Janata Dal established a comfortable lead after 24 rounds.
The Jokikhat seat fell vacant following the resignation of JD-U MLA Sarfaraz Alam, who joined the RJD.
After trailing in the initial round of counting, the opposition RJD has established a comfortable lead over the ruling JD-U in the bypolls to the Jokihat Assembly seat in Bihar on Thursday, according to Election Commission officials.
The Congress on Wednesday said people across the country were "showing it the door", as was amply proved by the bypolls on Wednesday.
The Samajwadi Party wrested the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh from the BJP on Wednesday.
In Bihar, the RJD won Araria Lok Sabha seat and the Jahanabad Assembly seat while the BJP bagged Bhabhua Assembly seat.
Samajwadi Party won Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh.
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