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Journalism of Courage
• Lok Janashakti Party candidate Rajan Tiwari, who has 10 cases of murder and arson against him, was trounced by Meena Diwedi of JD(U).
• While RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin was kept away from Siwan, his protege and RJD candidate Awadh Bihari Choudhury won from the constituency
• Ranjeet Don of CAT question paper leak notoriety, came a distant eighth in Hilsa, polling only 1.44 pc votes.
• In Babhua, RJD candidate Dr Pramod Kumar Singh defeated independent candidate Ramesh Tiwaria, who has been booked in several cases, including murder.
• In Makhdumpur, another dreaded murder accused Chitranjan Kumar stood sixth. The seat was won by RJD’s Bagi Kumar Varma.
• Alleged kidnap kingpin Bhagariya’s son Amar Yadav (RJD) was defeated in Nautan by Vaidyanath Prasad Mahto of JD(U).
• Raxaul voters vanquished history-sheeter Mohammad Sabir; the seat went to BJP’s Dr Ajay Singh.
• In Dhamdaha, voters had to choose between JD(U)’s Leshi Singh, widow of slain gangster Madhusadan Singh, and RJD’s Dileep Kumar Yadav, charged with murdering Singh. They chose Leshi.
• Bagha went to former Food & Civil Supplies Minister Purnamasi Ram. Ousted from the RJD government because of scandal, he contested on a JD(U) ticket.
• Alleged gangster Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla won from Lalgunj, defeating Veena Devi of RJD.
• Mokameh voters had a choice between two alleged gangsters and chose JD(U)’s Anant Kumar Singh
• At Rupauli in Purnea, s elf-styled commander of North Bihar Liberation Army, Shankar Singh, defeated Beema Bharati, wife of sitting MLA Awadesh Mandal, a murder accused in jail.
