Patna, July 9 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Abhishek Kumar Sinha on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the Bankipur Assembly by-election here. Former union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Bihar BJP President Sanjay Saraogi, and several other senior party leaders were present on the occasion.
The Bankipur seat fell vacant after BJP National President Nitin Nabin was elected to the Rajya Sabha. The constituency has traditionally been a BJP stronghold, with both Nitin Nabin and his father, Naveen Kishore Sinha, having represented it as MLAs for over three decades.
Abhishek Sinha is widely regarded as Nitin Nabin's choice for the seat.
Retaining the seat is seen as a major challenge for Abhishek, making the by-election a cont...