India, Oct. 15 -- Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's cousin Divya Gautam is set to contest the Bihar assembly elections as a Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation CPI(ML)-L candidate.

Gautam, 34, filed her nomination from the Digha assembly constituency in the Patna district on Wednesday. The seat has been held by BJP's Sanjeev Chaurasiya since 2015.

The announcement was made as the Left party announced a list of 18 candidates on Tuesday. However, it is a part of the opposition Mahaghathbandhan led by the RJD and Congress, which is yet to finalise the seat-sharing agreement, PTI reported.

The last date for filing nominations for the first phase of polling on 121 seats is October 17. While speaking on her nomination with...