Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav on Sunday declares names of three candidates for the Council polls under his new front, Jan Adhikar Morcha. Raj Kumar Yadav, Mohammad Faisal Romi and Pagla Yadav would contest the Legislative Council election from Madhubani, Munger and Katihar, respectively. Pappu claimed the front would be registered as a party by next week, in time for the candidates to contest the polls in June. He also threatened to call a Bihar bandh after June 10 if the state government did not resolve farmers’ issues in Bihta. Text by Amit Bhelari, picture by Deepak Kumar