The high profile Bankipur assembly seat of Bharatiya Janata Party national president Nitin Naveen has become the hot seat of the country. This seat has become vacant after Nitin Naveen went to Rajya Sabha and now by-election is going to be held here on July 30. This seat has been a traditional seat of the BJP and this by-election on this seat is not just an election to elect an MLA, but has become a question of the credibility of the National President of the BJP i.e. the prestige of the BJP at the national level.
Therefore, with the announcement of elections, BJP has exerted its full strength. Although the candidates have not been selected yet, the candidature is still going on.
They have started creating Chakravyuh to break this fort which has been impregnable since 1995. Jansuraj’s greatest master Prashant Kishore He himself has made up his mind to take part in this electoral Mahabharata. RJD will also field its candidate from the Grand Alliance.
Political battle in Bankipur
Now you should also know the history of Bankipur seat. Bankipur area was earlier known as Patna West. After the delimitation that took place in 2008, it was named Bankipur. Naveen Kishore Sinha, father of BJP national president Nitin Naveen, became MLA from Patna West for the first time in 1995.
Since then, Patna West and Bankipur have been in control of BJP. After the death of Naveen Kishore Singh in 2005, Nitin Naveen came into politics and in the by-election held on this seat in 2006, he became MLA for the first time by winning from Bankipur seat. Since then, Nitin Naveen has been the MLA from here continuously. Now BJP is trying its best to save this seat and the prestige of the national president.
Nitin Naveen’s credibility at stake
Nitin Naveen’s politics started with a by-election and now that his stature has reached the highest level in the party, yet another by-election will be the litmus test of his stature, his position and credibility.
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