Candidates for the Muzaffarpur and adjoining Hajipur Lok Sabha seats have a tough task of winning the hearts of the electorate who, for long, were used to political heavyweights George Fernandes and Ram Vilas Paswan as nominees.
Paswan, the LJP chief and eight-time MP from Hajipur, has decided to opt out of the race to the Lok Sabha and fielded his brother Pashupati Kumar Paras who is facing a tough fight from Grand Alliance candidate Shiv Chandra Ram.
The BJP has given the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) six seats in Bihar and promised Paswan a Rajya Sabha berth.