Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who is among the 13 candidates the BJP on Sunday announced for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh legislative council seats. Dube/ Hindustan TimesNew Delhi:Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi is among the 13 candidates the BJP on Sunday announced for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh legislative council seats with an eye on social equations aimed at consolidating its votes. In Bihar, two other candidates are Mangal Pandey, a minister in the Nitish Kumar government, and Sanjay Paswan, a former Union minister who hails from an influential Dalit community. Other candidates for the UP polls are Mahendra Singh, Sarojini Agarwal, Vidya Sagar Sonkar, Vijay Bahadur Pathak, Ashok Kataria and Ashok Dhawan. The MLCs will be elected by MLAs and BJP sources said all their candidates are likely to emerge victorious.

Source: Mint April 15, 2018 11:48 UTC