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Don’s daughter takes up battle for RJD
The New Indian Express Dharmapuri
|October 28, 2025
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.
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.
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