Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday filed
nomination papers from the Raghopur assembly seat on Wednesday. Yadav represented the same seat in the previous assembly election.

Tejashwi accompanied by his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav
and senior party leader Bhola Rai filed his nomination papers.

The former deputy chief minister is the Chief Ministerial candidate of the Grand
Alliance in Bihar. 

The 30-year-old will face BJP candidate Satish Kumar, who defeated Rabri Devi from the same seat in the 2010 polls.

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Kumar had been defeated by Yadav in the 2015 Assembly
election. In 2015, Tejashwi was a nominee of the Grand Alliance, which comprised
of RJD, JD(U) and Congress.

Located on the bank of river Ganga across
capital Patna, Raghopur is a Yadav dominated constituency which Lalu Prasad
represented in the assembly twice since 1995 and Rabri Devi from 2005-10.

But, the seat went to Satish Kumar, a fellow
casteman, in 2010 when BJP and JD(U) were together in the NDA.

Coming out of the SDO’s office, Tejashwi, who
has been chosen as heir apparent of Prasad, claimed “The Grand Alliance
will certainly form its government after the elections as a wave is clearly in
its favour.” Taking a swipe at chief minister Nitish Kumar, the
30-year-old RJD leader described him as “bechara mukhya mantri”
(helpless chief minister) who he said failed to win either special status for
Bihar from the union government or a central university status for the Patna
university.”

Earlier, before leaving for Hajipur for
filing nomination, Tejashwi touched feet of his mother Rabri Devi and elder
brother Tej Pratap at the former chief minister’s Patna residence. Rabri Devi
was seen holding photograph of husband Lalu Prasad.

Prasad is in jail in Ranchi after being
convicted in four cases of multi-crore rupees fodder scam.

“Let Nitish jee laugh at our promise (of
10 lakh jobs)…we are that (pure) Bihari and fulfill what we say,” he
said.

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“Even after winning more seats than
JD(U) in the last assembly polls, the RJD kept its promise of making him
(Kumar) chief minister”, he said to drive home his point.

Rabri Devi told mediapersons, “Not only me, the entire Bihar is showering
blessing on Tejashwi to emerge as a winner in the upcoming election.”