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Pappu Yadav to contest against Sharad Yadav

Patna: Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, the controversial former MP who was last year acquitted in the murder of a CPI-M leader, Saturday said he will contest the Lok Sabha election as an independent candidate

"This time people are with me and they will support me to defeat both the JD-U and BJP in Lok Sabha polls," he claimed.

Pappu Yadav won thrice from Purnia - 1991, 1996 and 1999 - and won the 2004 Madhepura bypolls.

His wife and former MP Ranjita Ranjan is likely to contest on a Congress ticket, sources said.

Last year, citing lack of evidence, the Patna High Court acquitted Yadav in a case related to the killing of Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Ajit Sarkar in May 1998.