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Shatrughan Sinha’s son, Luv Sinha has been handed the Congress ticket for the Bankipore assembly seat, which falls under Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency that his father represented twice on a BJP ticket.“Luv Sinha has been given the Bankipore assembly seat and will likely file his nomination papers today,” Congress spokesperson Harku Jha told The Print. As per a Outlook report, Luv will be pitted against BJP's Nitin Naveen, a three-term MLA while the Plurals party founder, Pushpam Priya Choudhary has also announced her candidature from there, making the contest an all-youth affair.Patna has been a BJP stronghold for close to 30 years now, though it has sent the likes of Ramavtar Shahstri, Ram Kripal Yadav and Dr C. P. Thakur on the CPI, RJD and the Congress tickets respectively to the Lok Sabha in the past. Luv is likely to file his nomination papers on Thursday. Polling will be held during the second phase of elections in Bihar on November 3. The counting of votes will take place on November 10.Luv, who was last seen in J.P. Dutta’s war movie, Paltan in 2018 had made his debut with Sadiyaan (2010) co-starring Hema Malini, Rekha and Rishi Kapoor. Luv's father Shatrughan had contested the parliamentary polls from Patna Sahib last year on the Congress ticket after being denied the ticket by the BJP but was defeated by Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. He has also been a two-term member of the Rajya Sabha. Luv, who was last seen in J.P. Dutta’s war movie, Paltan in 2018 had made his debut with Sadiyaan (2010) co-starring Hema Malini, Rekha and Rishi Kapoor.

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