In Bihar’s NDA seat-sharing talks, Chirag Paswan loses Gaighat seat to Komal Singh, creating fresh political drama. Nitish Kumar’s JDU and Chirag’s LJP-R fought over who would nominate Komal Singh from Muzaffarpur’s Gaighat constituency. Initially, Chirag’s party listed the seat under its quota, but Nitish Kumar withdrew it and handed it to Komal Singh, showing JDU’s control over ticket distribution.
Komal Singh belongs to a powerful political family. Her mother, Veena Devi, is an MP from LJP-R, and her father, Dinesh Prasad Singh, is a JDU Legislative Councillor who has repeatedly won local elections. Both Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav attended Komal’s wedding, underlining the family’s influence across party lines.
In 2020, Komal Singh contested from Gaighat as an LJP candidate and secured around 37,000 votes, finishing third. The current tussle shows the growing rivalry and seat tension within the NDA ahead of the Bihar polls. This episode highlights how political families and alliances continue to shape Bihar’s power map.
