Filmmaker Prakash Jha

 Filmmaker and Janata Dal-United candidate Prakash Jha lost from the West Champaran Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. He was defeated from the constituency for the third time.

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Jha lost to sitting BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal.

He unsuccessfully contested as an Independent in 2004 and on a Lok Janshakti Party ticket in 2009 from the same constituency.

Jha is known for his socio-political films like “Gangaajal”, “Rajneeti” and “Satyagraha”.

Inputs by IANS