PATNA, July 16 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday inducted three more leaders, including former assembly candidate Chetna Jhamb, into its fold ahead of the July 30 Bankipur assembly bypoll.

Among those who joined the BJP were young entrepreneur Chetna Jhamb, a former assembly candidate who contested the 2025 Bihar assembly election from the Samastipur constituency as an Independent candidate after parting ways with Jan Suraaj Party before the election, finishing third in the contest; Shruti Shri, block pramukh of Fatuha in Patna district, and Anand Madhukar Yadav, who served as the national vice-president of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) led by Mukesh Sahani. They were accompanied by hundreds of supporters who also enrol...