New Delhi: The Assembly bypoll in Bihar, due on July 30, has been creating a stir for many reasons. The former Assembly seat of the new BJP President Nitin Nabin, who has won five times from here, and whose late father also won from here continuously from 1995, has become a BJP bastion in Patna city, with a predilection – and a record – for voting for the BJP.

The sudden withdrawal of the BJP candidate, Abhishek Kumar Sinha, also from the Kayastha community, just three days after the announcement on July 7 has created a buzz about why he has suddenly opted out. By all appearances, the Sinha was a “serious candidate” and, accordingly, senior party leaders had lined up when he filed his nomination.

So far, the media had praised him, counting his many qualities, some citing “party sources” to say that he........

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