He lost by less than 10,000 votes in 2009, and by 20,535 votes in 2014. Siddiqui had unsuccessfully contested from Madhubani in 20. When I complained, he said I had been provided Rs 500 more than many other candidates,” Siddiqui recalled. “When I was contesting the same seat in 1980 under the leadership of the late Karpoori Thakur, he had given me Rs 2,500 to contest. Siddiqui, who has been a member of the Bihar Assembly seven times and an MLC for one term, recalled that while contesting his first Assembly election from the then Baheri constituency, he had been provided Rs 1,500 from the erstwhile Janata Party. State fiscal health robust with a revenue surplus projected at Rs 14555 crore during 2017-18, 2.30 of GSDP. “Crowdfunding is a transparent manner of raising funds and hence we opted for it,” Anis said. Finance minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui attributes it to the expected GST roll out. Siddiqui’s son, Anis Bari, runs a start-up in Delhi. My son gave me the idea of crowdfunding.” “My party didn’t provide any fund and till now I am managing the show using personal funds and financial help from relatives. Sushil Kumar Modi also takes his oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar. “Elections have become quite a costly affair now and leaders like us find it tough to match the financial resources of our political opponents,” Siddiqui told The Telegraph on Monday. RJD leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui talks about new CM Nitish Kumar exclusively to India News Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the sixth time at Raj Bhavan, Patna. Siddiqui aims to generate around Rs 50 lakh for running his campaign. He has so far been able to mobilise a little over Rs 1 lakh through the crowdfunding route, whereas Kanhaiya had got around Rs 70 lakh within the first three days. Third position was held by NOTAs None Of The Above while Raj Kumar Jha of Independent held the fourth spot. Runner-up Mishri Lal Yadav of Bharatiya Janata Party bagged 54001 votes. I seek financial support from everyone who thinks that this is a battle that is worth fighting and winning in an honest manner,” he wrote in the letter. Rashtriya Janata Dals Abdul Bari Siddiqui won Alinagar assembly seat in 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections by a margin of 13460 votes. I am confident about fighting and winning against this tsunami with my transparent track record of public service and leadership. “.I face a tsunami of propaganda flooded by unending money which cannot be honest. The veteran RJD leader is using his official Facebook page and the online platform to solicit financial support from the people.