2Photo© indianexpress.comBJP Names Ex-Union Minister Legislative Council Candidate From Bihar
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BJP national spokesperson and former Union minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain was on Saturday declared the saffron party’s candidate for the bypoll to Bihar’s Legislative Council.
His nomination to the state’s Upper House is near certain with the ruling NDA having sufficient numbers in the Legislative Assembly — 125 seats in a House of 243.
Hussain was a Union minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
His candidature was confirmed by BJP national general secretary and party headquarters in-charge Arun Singh. This is Hussain’s first attempt in electoral politics after he unsuccessfully contested the Bhagalpur seat in the 2014 general elections.