India, Oct. 18 -- Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) suffered a major setback after the nomination of one of its key candidate, Seema Singh, was rejected by poll body authorities ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.

Seema Singh was fielded by the party from Bihar's Marhaura assembly constituency, however, her nomination was rejected due to scrutiny on "technical grounds", according to a report by news agency PTI.

Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) party is a member of the National Democratic Alliance, which also includes the Bharatiya Janata Party and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United). In the alliance, while the BJP and JD(U) are fighting from 101 seats each, Paswan's LJP (Ram Vilas) is fighting from 29 seats for t...