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| | BJP, JD-U rift over George contesting Muzaffarpur |
 | | Nishad had recently switched over to the saffron party on the promise that it would nominate him from Muzaffarpur, the seat he has represented thrice. |
 | | For Fernandes, Muzaffarpur is an old hunting ground as he has represented the constituency four times and, according to JD-U sources, the change was made to pave the path for Railway Minister Nitish Kumar to contest from Nalanda, a safer Kurmi-dominated seat than Barh, which he won by just around 1,300 votes in 1999. |
 | | Fernandes, on the other hand, said he decided to shift from Nalanda to Muzaffarpur in view of popular demand from the rank and file of the party. |
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