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Hena Shahab, widow of erstwhile Siwan MP and strongman Mohammed Shahabuddin, is campaigning successful Siwan up of the Lok Sabha elections this year.
Hena Shahab, widow of erstwhile Siwan MP and strongman Mohammed Shahabuddin, connected Sunday returned to the RJD aft 3 years.
Her lad Osama Shahab besides joined the party. Welcoming the parent and lad to the party, RJD nationalist president Lalu Prasad said precocious Shahabuddin was a “founder subordinate of the RJD and his household had ever been a portion of it”.
Hena walked retired of the RJD aft the decease of her hubby successful 2021. She contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections arsenic an Independent campaigner from Siwan and finished arsenic the archetypal runner-up up of RJD campaigner Awadh Bihari Choudhary. Her candidature divided votes, making it easier for JD(U)’s Vijay Lakshmi Kushwaha to triumph the spot by a borderline of implicit 90,000 votes.
Hena has mislaid from Siwan 4 times since the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Before her, Shahabuddin had represented the spot 4 times till 2004 Lok Sabha polls.
“They (Hena and Osama) would assistance america combat powerfully against communal forces… BJP and RSS… Late Shahabuddin was a laminitis subordinate of RJD formed successful 1997. Now that his household is backmost with us, it would further fortify the party,” Lalu told mediapersons astatine his 10, Circular Road residence successful Patna.
Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav besides welcomed Hena and Osama to the RJD and said their beingness would immensely payment the party.
Hena, sources said, is present looking guardant to the 2025 Assembly polls successful which her lad is astir apt to contest. An RJD person said, “With BJP person Giriraj Singh raising transportation of Hindu consolidation with his caller Hindu Swabhiman yatra, and caller governmental entrant Jan Suraaj Party of Prashant Kishor looking to divided Muslim votes, the RJD has to look for consolidation of Muslim votes. Hena Shahab whitethorn not beryllium capable to regain her husband’s governmental turf, but she is inactive a unit to reckon with.” The person said Hena would power Muslim votes successful neighbouring districts of Gopalganj and Siwan successful the 2025 Assembly polls.
Hena reportedly fell retired with the RJD successful 2020 erstwhile immoderate of her candidates were not fixed tickets from Siwan constituencies successful the Assembly polls that year. The RJD excessively faced a Catch-22 concern with Siwan witnessing Muslim versus Yadav conflict arsenic against his tested Muslim-Yadav (MY) operation elsewhere.
Siwan strongman Shahabuddin dominated the authorities of the portion from aboriginal 1990s till 2004. His power started dwindling pursuing his convictions successful implicit fractional a twelve cases aft 2008. He was disqualified from contesting the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, prompting the RJD to tract Hena from the Siwan Lok Sabha seat. She mislaid the predetermination to Independent campaigner Om Prakash Yadav. In 2014, Om Prakash, past a BJP candidate, again defeated RJD campaigner Hena. In 2019, Hena again tasted decision connected the RJD ticket, this clip astatine the hands of JD(U)’s Kavita Singh.
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