The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Monday (October 20) nominated candidates for 143 seats for the 2025 Bihar Assembly election. RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav will contest from the Raghopur assembly seat in Vaishali district.
Tejashwi has filed his candidature for the October 15 parliamentary elections.
Tejashwi owns movable and immovable assets worth around ₹8.1 crore, according to the affidavit filed by him.
Raghopur will go to polls in the first of two phases of elections on November 6.
Yadav, a sitting MP from Raghopur constituency, won this seat for the first time in 2015.
The legislative elections will take place in two phases, with 121 seats going to the polls on November 6 and voting scheduled in the remaining 122 constituencies on November 11. The result of the Assembly, made up of 243 members, will be announced on November 14.
First publication: October 20, 2025 11:55 a.m. STI