India, Nov. 1 -- Two candidates who contested and won as Independents in the recently-concluded biennial elections in Bihar joined the BJP on Saturday. Bansi Dhar Brajwasi and Rahul Raj, winners from the Tirhut graduates' and Saran teachers' constituencies, respectively, joined the party in the presence of Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary , state president Sanjay Sarougi and other leaders in Patna.

Notably, Rahul Raj was a BJP rebel who had fought the key Saran seat as an Independent. He defeated JD(U) candidate Anand Pushkar to win the Saran Teachers' constituency. In the Tirhut seat, Brajwasi got elected for the second time. He had defeated his nearest rival Abhishek Jha of the JD(U) by a margin of 9,147 votes.

In the final results, BJ...