Patna, Sept. 26 -- The Jan Suraj Party has changed its candidate for the Tirhut Teachers' MLC election, fielding Shyam Nandan Kumar Yadav in place of the earlier nominee. The party said the change was made after objectionable remarks about teachers were made by the previous candidate during a meeting in Muzaffarpur, which the party found unacceptable.

Announcing the new candidate, Jan Suraaj State President Manoj Bharti said, "Based on the messages we received from our workers, the party decided that for the teacher elections in the Tirhut region, we are nominating our candidate, Shyam Nandan Kumar Yadav ji."

Bharti spoke about Yadav's background, noting his family's history of social service and sacrifice.

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