Patna: Five MLCs, including Nawal Kishore Yadav of BJP and Neeraj Kumar of JD(U), filed nomination papers on Monday for the legislative council’s teacher and graduate constituencies.The last day for filing nominations is Tuesday, Oct 6, while polling for four teacher and four graduate seats will be held on Oct 23.In another major development, Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh announced a “near truce” between JD(U)’s Mokama MLA Anant Singh and sitting MLC Neeraj after JD(U) national president and former CM Nitish Kumar held a closed-door meeting at Lalan’s residence.“Anant and Neeraj have been nursing their differences and grievances against each other for long. It is like to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. However, I have talked to Anant and told him not to issue any statement publicly against Neeraj to which he has agreed,” Lalan told reporters.The five MLCs are Nawal Kishore Yadav of BJP for Patna teacher, Neeraj of JD(U) for Patna graduate, Madan Mohan Jha of Congress for Darbhanga teacher, Sanjay Kumar Singh of CPI for Tirhut teacher and N K Yadav of BJP for Kosi graduate seats.JD(U)’s Abhishek Jha filed his nomination for Tirhut graduate seat, accompanied by deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, minister Ashok Choudhary, MP Dewesh Chandra Thakur and former Union minister Shahnawaz Hussain.Rishi Agrawal of Jan Suraaj filed his nomination for Tirhut graduate seat, while RLM functionary Ram Pukar Sinha filed as an Independent for Saran teacher seat.RLM state president Alok Singh, Madhav Anand and Rameshwar Mahto accompanied Sinha.
