In Bihar, the political activities have gained momentum as today is the last day of filing of nominations for the First Phase of State Assembly Elections. So far 218 candidates have filed their nominations in 71 constituencies spread over 16 districts.<br />''<br />''The scrutiny of nominations will be held tomorrow and the last date of withdrawal of candidature will be 12th of this month. The polling will be held on 28th of October.<br />''<br />''In the First Phase, all major political parties like BJP, JD(U),  RJD and Congress have applied the formula of social equation and dynastic politics while selecting the candidates. Many relatives of the prominent political leaders are contesting elections in this phase.<br />''<br />'' AIR correspondent reports, senior Congress leader and former Speaker of the State Assembly Sadanand Singh is not contesting elections this time. His son Shubhanand Mukesh has been fielded by Congress from Kahalgaon constituency.<br />'' <br />''Former Union Minister Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav's daughter Divya Prakash is RJD candidate from Tarapur constituency.<br />'' <br />''RJD State President Jagadanand Singh's son Sudhakar Singh will contest from Ramgarh seat.<br />'' <br />''Some rebel leaders who joined other parties have also succeeded in wresting candidature. Jayawardhan Yadav who resigned from RJD has got ticket from JD(U), the former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) State President Bharat Bind got RJP party symbol.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Gupteshwar Pandey, the former DGP of Bihar who had recently joined the JD(U), failed to secure his name in the list of candidates.</span><br />