The NDA is locked in a direct contest with the Mahagathbandhan in almÂost all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, but Patna Sahib constituency is where its prestige is most at stake. The BJP has fielded Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad against the Congress바카라™s Shatrughan Sinha and wants to win the seat at any cost. It바카라™s widely seen as a saffron stronghold and Shotgun has been among the Narendra Modi government바카라™s most vocal critics. The other day in Patna, BJP national president Amit Shah led a roadshow that began from Kadam Kuan Âlocality where Shotgun lives. The actor-Âturned-politician had won this seat in the last two polls for the BJP.
The Shatru camp says it is not as though the BJP was always keen to field him from his native constituency. In 2008, when his second Rajya Sabha term came to an end, the BJP leadership declined him a third term and L.K. Advani advised him to contest the next Lok Sabha polls 바카라śfrom any seat of his choice바카라™. When Shatru realised later that the party didn바카라™t want to field him from Patna Sahib, he announced his candidature from there without waiting for any official announcement, calling the seat his 바카라śfirst, second and the last choice바카라ť.
In 2014, the announcement of his candidature from Patna Sahib was held back until the last minute after he decÂlined to contest from North East Delhi. It was clear from the Âbeginning that the BJP would not field him, but he refused to 바카라śchange the location regardless of the situation바카라ť. In the last two elections from the KayaÂstha-domiÂnated constituency, he had beaten the Congress candidates바카라”actors ShekÂhar Suman and Kunal Singh바카라”with handsome margins. This time, he is the Congress candidate and his formidable rival바카라™s supporters claim Shotgun had won the last two polls only because of the BJP cadre. Shotgun바카라™s followers claim he got a Ârecord number of votes from all sections because of his charisma and Âuntainted image, and will khamosh his detractors once again.
