Don’s daughter takes up battle for RJD

IN therun-up to the Bihar state Assembly elections, a fascinating battle is unfolding in Lalganj, which is distant just 39 kilometres from the state capital of Patna.

- RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR

Here, RJD’s Shivani Shukla—a 28-year-old law graduate from the University of Leeds, UK—is taking ona 57-year-old commerce graduate and BJP MLA, Sanjay Kumar Singh.

The contest between Shivani Shukla and Singh has caught the public imagination. While

she affectionately calls him ‘Chacha’, he refers to her as ‘Bhatiji’, though neither leaves a stone unturned in their bid to win the seat.