25-year-old Dalit woman to contest Lok Sabha polls from seat once held by Karpoori Thakur in Bihar

Samastipur, the seat once held by socialist leader and two-time Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur, has become the stage for two political debutants. 25-year-old Sambhavi Choudhary and 32-year-old Sunny Hazari, children of serving JD(U) ministers, are in the fray from this seat.

Who is Sambhavi Choudhary?

Choudhary is the youngest Dalit woman to contest Lok Sabha polls. She is the daughter of JD(U) minister Ashok Kumar Choudhary and a candidate of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas), both part of the NDA.

She graduated from Delhi University’s LSR College. She has a Master's degree from the Delhi School of Economics, and is now pusuing doctoral research on “intersectionality of gender and caste in Bihar politics".

"Sambhavi hai toh sambhav hai (With Sambhavi, it is possible)," she promises the voters.

Who is Sunny Hazari?

Hazari is the son of JD(U) minister Maheshwar Hazari, a former Samastipur MP. The 32-year-old has been fielded by the Congress – a dichotomy that the JD(U) has refused to speak about.

Sunny is a B. Tech graduate from NIT Patna and a businessman. His wife is a teacher. Notably, Sunny is well known due to his father in this constituency.

NDA has been winning the Samastipur seat since 2009. The only hitch in this is that LJP, led by Ram Vilas Paswan's brother won this seat in the past two polls.

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