India, Nov. 14 -- In a closely fought contest, Kedar Prasad Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party is currently leading Sunil Kumar Suman of the Rashtriya Janata Dal in the Kurhani constituency of Muzaffarpur in the assembly polls in Bihar. Gupta is leading by a narrow margin of 3,674 votes, securing 67,822 votes.

The race has emerged as a tight battle between the two main contenders, indicated ECI data, while independent candidate Dharmendra Kumar lagged far behind the two, with a total of 4,904 votes.

The BJP placed it's bet on Gupta for a high stakes contest in Kurhani three years after he won the seat for the BJP in December 2022 during a crucial by-election.

After losing to Rashtriya Janata Dal's Amit Kumar Sahani in 2020 Bihar assem...