314 candidates, 121 constituencies: Bihar gears up for first phase of polling; campaigning to end today

BIHAR: The campaigning for the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections to be held on 6th will end today. Various political parties are campaigning with top leaders. 1314 candidates in 121 constituencies spread across 18 districts are seeking votes.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Nitish Kumar led the campaign for the NDA, the INDIA front fielded Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav. National leaders arrived for the ally CPM and CPI parties. The grand alliance is offering one government job per family to counter the NDA's Rs 10,000 loan scheme for women. The grand alliance is resisting the NDA campaign to prevent the return of RJD's jungle raj by citing the Mokama shooting.

Prominent candidates for the polls

Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Ministers Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Shravan Kumar, Mangal Pandey, Madan Sahni, Nitin Naveen, Maheshwar Hazari, Sunil Kumar, Ratnesh Sadha, Kedar Prasad Gupta, Surendra Mehta, Sanjay Sarogi, Dr Sunil Kumar, Jeevesh Kumar, Raju Kumar Singh, Deputy Speaker of the Bihar Assembly Yan Kumar Mantu.

India Alliance Chief Ministerial Candidate Tejashwi Yadav, Awadh Bihari Chaudhary, Dr Ramanand Yadav, Veena Devi, Lalit Kumar Yadav, Vijendra Chaudhary, Renu Kushwaha.

Sitting MLAs Ajay Kumar & Dr. Satyendra Yadav of CPM and Suryakant Paswan of CPI.

Tejashwi Yadav's brother Tej Pratap Yadav is contesting from Mahua as a Janshakti Janata Dal candidate.