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Bihar: Jan Suraaj will field 70 candidates from EBC category

Patna, Jan 24 (UNI) "Jan Suraaj " founder Prashant Kishor on Friday declared that his party would field 70 candidates from Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) category in the next Bihar assembly elections.
Kishor, popularly known as PK, while addressing a function organised to mark the 101st birth anniversary of veteran socialist leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur, said that his party would field 70 candidates from EBCs category in next Bihar assembly elections. He challenged NDA to field 70 candidates from EBCs category saying all constituents of NDA together, were not in a position to field as many EBCs candidates.
PK said that his party was committed to ensure proper representation of all sections of the society in ticket distribution for assembly elections. He lambasted all other parties not giving adequate representations to all sections of the society.
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