Bihar’s famous strongman leader and former MLA K Sunil Pandey joined BJP today. Sunil Pandey has taken membership of BJP along with his son Vishal Prashant. Before joining BJP, Sunil Pandey was in Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party of Pashupati Kumar Paras. After his joining BJP, now only Surajbhan Singh is left among the big names along with Pashupati Paras.
Preparations to include four-time MLA Sunil Pandey in BJP had started long ago for the upcoming assembly by-elections. On Sunday, the party’s state president Dilip Jaiswal finally gave membership of BJP to Sunil Pandey and his son Vishal Prashant in the state office. It is believed that BJP will field Sunil Pandey’s son Vishal Prashant as its candidate in the by-election to be held on Tarari assembly seat.
Will BJP give ticket to son?
This seat has been held by CPI(ML) and BJP wants to win it at any cost and Sunil Pandey has been the MLA from this seat. BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal welcomed Sunil Pandey and his son Vishal Prashant into the party and also hinted at the Tarari assembly by-election.
Whereas former MLA Sunil Pandey raised the slogan of Jai Shri Ram as soon as he joined BJP. Sunil Pandey said that he has been working as an NDA worker for a long time but has now joined his party BJP, his aim is to make the party win in the upcoming assembly elections and form the government.
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protest posters
Sunil Pandey’s membership induction program was scheduled at 8 am in the BJP state office, but before he joined BJP, hand bills containing Sunil Pandey’s criminal history were pasted outside the state office. It is believed that there is a section in BJP itself which is opposing Sunil Pandey’s joining. Sunil Pandey’s criminal history was written in the hand bills pasted on the poster banner outside the state office, as soon as the party leaders noticed it, these hand bills were immediately removed.
Sunil Pandey has the image of a domineering leader
Sunil Pandey has the image of Baahubali and at the age of 34, he became MLA for the first time by winning the 2000 assembly elections. In the year 2000, he won the election from Piro for the first time on Samata Party ticket. After that, he won the same seat in the by-elections held in February 2005 and October 2005. In 2010, Sunil Pandey won the elections from Tarari on JDU ticket. In 2015, JDU distanced itself from him in view of the criminal cases against him when Nitish Kumar was with the Grand Alliance.
In 2015, Sunil Pandey’s wife Geeta Pandey contested the elections from Tarari on LJP ticket but had to face defeat. In the 2020 assembly elections, Sunil Pandey contested as an independent candidate and stood second. Kaushal Vidyarthi of BJP came third in this election and Sudama Prasad won. Now Sudama Prasad Ara has gone to Parliament after winning the Lok Sabha seat and assembly by-election is to be held on Tarari seat.
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good days of bahubalis
The thing to note is that these days good days are going on for the Bahubalis in Bihar. Recently, former MLA Anant Singh was acquitted by the High Court and now Sunil Pandey has entered BJP. The strategy with which NDA and especially BJP seems to be moving forward in Bihar is showing that the board of 2025 assembly elections will once again be decorated with strongmen.
At present, everyone is waiting for the announcement of Tarari Assembly by-election and Sunil Pandey’s son Vishal Prashant being made the candidate there. However, for Sunil Pandey this match will be like a double fight. On one hand, he will have to face his opponents in the elections, while on the other hand, the possibility of factionalism by the section in BJP which is opposing his entry will also be a challenge.