Bhopal: Basking in the glory of the sterling performance in just-concluded assembly polls, Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar will be campaigning for the JD(U) candidate in November 21 Lok Sabha by-poll in the Ratlam-Jhabua seat in Madhya Pradesh.
The JD(U) has fielded Vijay Haari as its candidate in Ratlam-Jhabua Lok Sabha seat, where the by-election is caused by the death of Dileep Singh Bhuria, who won the seat on BJP ticket in 2014.
In what is seen as a keen contest, CPI, CPM, Gondwana Gantantra Party, Rashtriya Samanta Dal and Bahujan Sangarsh Dal have pledged support to the JD(U) contestant in the by-poll.
JD(U) president Sharad Yadav will also address meetings in the constituency and the campaign managers are trying to rope in RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav as well.
"Both (Sharad) Yadav and Kumar will campaign for our joint candidate," Madhya Pradesh JD(U)chief Govind Yadav told reporters here.
While Congress has put up former Union Minister Kantilal Bhuria, sitting MLA Nirmala Bhuria, daughter of Dileep Singh Bhuria, has been fielded by the BJP to defend the seat, seeking to cash in on the sympathy factor.
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