Bihar polls: don who was once jailed by Lalu to contest on RJD ticket

The Rashtriya Janata Dal has decided to field jailed don Anant Singh from the Mokama seat for the upcoming Bihar elections. The 59-year-old has 25 criminal cases including 8 murder cases against him and is currently jailed under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act after weapons including AK-47 were found from his house in 2019.

The sitting MLA from Mokama was once termed an 'anti-social' element by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and in 2015, former Bihar CM Lalu Yadav even had him arrested in connection with kidnapping and murder case.

Singh, a 3-time MLA from Mokama, was once a member of the JD(U) and was considered close to Nitish Kumar. He however contested 2015 Bihar polls independently after Nitish refused to give him a ticket because of pressure from his then ally Lalu Yadav.