Two newly-elected Bihar Independent MLCs now support BJP

By The Hindu Staff

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Days after winning the State legislative council elections from Saran Teachers and Tirhut Graduate constituencies as Independent candidates, the two newly-elected MLCs Rahul Raj and Banshidhar Brajwasi extended their support to the ruling BJP and attended party’s State legislature meeting on Saturday (October 31, 2026).

Both the Independent candidates, significantly, had defeated the ruling alliance partner Janata Dal-United candidates from their respective constituencies.

Banshidhar Brajwasi had defeated the JD(U) candidate Abhishek Jha from Tirhut Graduate seat by a margin of over 9,000 votes while, Rahu Raj had defeated JD(U) candidate Anand Pushkar from Saran Teachers seat by 1,800 votes constituency. Mr. Jha is said to be close to senior JD(U) leaders and has been party spokesperson too.

Among the two Independent MLCs who extended support to the BJP, Rahul Raj, however, has been a former BJP worker but, denied the MLC candidature this time as the seat had gone to JD(U) kitty under ruling coalition dharma, he fought the election from Saran Teachers constituency as an Independent candidate against ally JD-U’s Anand Pushkar and won the poll.

Originally published by The Hindu on Nov 1, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com

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