New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The Janata Dal United (JDU) has released its second list of 44 candidates for the Bihar Assembly Elections. This is the final list of the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led party, which is contesting 101 seats in the two-phase polls next month.

The party released the first list of 57 candidates on Wednesday, October 15.

With the announcement, two major parties in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) - the JD-U and the Bharatiya Janata Party have announced the names of candidates for the upcoming elections. Both JD-U and BJP are contesting 101 seats each in the election for the 243-member house.

Bihar Assembly polls are scheduled to be held in two phases on November 6 and 11. The first phase will see voting f...