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Ticket protest

Ticket protest

RJD MLA Dinesh Kumar Singh (centre) sits on a dharna outside the RJD office in Patna on Saturday. Beer Chand Patel Marg that is address to the JDU and RJD party offices turned into a security fortress ahead of the announcement of the grand alliance candidates.

TT Bureau Published 20.09.15, 12:00 AM

RJD MLA Dinesh Kumar Singh **(centre)** sits on a dharna outside the RJD office in Patna on Saturday. Beer Chand Patel Marg that is address to the JDU and RJD party offices turned into a security fortress ahead of the announcement of the grand alliance candidates.The district administration deployed security personnel in large numbers on the road. The names of the official poll candidates have not been announced but ticket-seekers, denied the opportunity, are already aware of their predicament.They have started gathering at party offices and official residences of both chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad to protest. However, Nitish did not bother to look into the protesters' concern and continued meeting regular visitors. Text by Amit Bhelari, picture by Ranjeet Kumar Dey

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RJD MLA Dinesh Kumar Singh&nbsp;(centre)&nbsp;sits on a dharna outside the RJD office in Patna on Saturday. Beer Chand Patel Marg that is address to the JDU and RJD party offices turned into a security fortress ahead of the announcement of the grand alliance candidates.

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RJD MLA Dinesh Kumar Singh (centre) sits on a dharna outside the RJD office in Patna on Saturday. Beer Chand Patel Marg that is address to the JDU and RJD party offices turned into a security fortress ahead of the announcement of the grand alliance candidates.