Bihar By polls elections began

Bihar, Mar 11: The polling for Bihar Lok Sabha and assembly have begun on Sunday. The Polling is being conducted for parliamentary constituency Araria and two assembly seats -Jehanabad and Bhabua in the state.

The Araria seat fell vacant after the death of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Taslimuddin. The key contenders to the seat are RJD's Sarafaraz Alam, Taslimuddin's son, and the BJP's Pradip Singh.

The Bhabua assembly seat became vacant after the death of BJP's Anand Bhushan Pandey, and the party has fielded his widow Rinki Rani Pandey. Another key candidate to the seat is Shambhu Patel from Congress.

Similarly, Jehanabad seat also fell vacant following the death of RJD MLA Mundrika Singh Yadav. His son Uday Yadav is contesting the seat against JDU's Abhiram Sharma.