Overview

• The slate spans 17 EBC, 11 OBC, nine general and seven Muslim candidates, with seven seats reserved for SC/ST seats.
• Non-traditional picks include doctors, academics, retired police officers, a lawyer, a Bhojpuri singer, a transgender candidate named Priti Kinner in Bhorey (SC) and Karpoori Thakur’s granddaughter Jagriti Thakur.
• Workers denied tickets protested at the Patna headquarters after the announcement, and senior leaders moved in to calm the situation.
• Flashpoints emerged in Saran’s Baniyapur, where Pushpa Singh objected to Shravan Kumar Mahato’s nomination, and in Benipatti, where supporters of Awadh Kishore Jha voiced anger over Mohammad Parvez Alam’s selection.
• Kishor said resentment was inevitable and framed the choices as part of systemic change, and the party said he would begin campaigning from Raghopur on October 11.