Noted film director-producer Prakash Jha is likely to contest the LS poll on a LJP ticket. He is likely to be the candidate of the Ram Vilas Paswan led LJP from Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.
Noted film director-producer Prakash Jha is likely to contest the LS poll on a LJP ticket.u00a0He is likely to be the candidate of the Ram Vilas Paswan led LJP from Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.
Party sources said that Jha has already held discussions with Paswan three-four times on the issue and the party has in principle agreed to field Jha from the seat.
The latest round of telephonic discussion between the two took place last night in which Jha is reported to have said that he is ready to fight the election. "We have decided to field Jha from Bettiah but a formal announcement would be made after we decide whether to contest alone or in a UPA alliance," a senior party leader said on the condition of anonymity.
Jha, a resident of Barharwa village of the West Champaran district, whose headquarters is Bettiah, had contested the last Lok Sabha election as an independent candidate. He had a crushing defeat and RJD leader Raghunath Jha had won the seat, which was earlier held by BJP, by over 26,000 votes.
This time, however, he has the added responsibility of a movie to be made. He is currently filming Rajniti in Bhopal with the star cast of Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgan, Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif.
