CPI(ML), which is part of the INDIA bloc, has declared its candidates for Ara, Nalanda and Karakat seats. The party has fielded Paliganj MLA Sandeep Saurav from Nalanda opposite three-time JD(U) MP Kaushlendra Kumar, Although Sandeep Saurav (36), who was JNU Students Union general secretary during the year 2013 and had contested the 2020 Assembly polls successfully from Paliganj as a Mahagathbandhan nominee. Saurav hails from an OBC family. His father was a marginal farmer. While Tarari MLA Sudama Prasad would take on BJP MP and Union Minister R K Singh from Ara. Former MLA Rajaram Singh would contest from Karakat against NDA candidate Upendra Kushwaha. (IPA Service)
