Fernandes files nomination as independent
A defiant George Fernandes filed his nomination for the Muzaffarpur seat as an independent after Bihar's ruling JD, the party he belongs to, refused him the ticket.
Maoist sympathiser Chhatradhar Mahato, currently in jail, filed nomination on Tuesday for contesting as an independent candidate from the Jhargram assembly constituency, with support from intellectuals such as writer Maheswata Devi.