In recent times, the constituency has witnessed a shift in power at every election over the last 15 years. Janata Dal (United) won the seat in 2010, Lok Janshakti Party in 2015, and the BJP's Sanjay Kumar Singh's victory in the 2020 polls.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the former Bihar legislator Munna Shukla's plea seeking time to surrender in the 1998 Brij Bihari Prasad murder case. A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna dismissed the plea by Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla.
Munna Shukla and Mantu Tiwari have been asked to surrender within 15 days to the concerned jail authorities/court to serve the remainder of their respective sentences, while former parliamentarian Surajbhan Singh and six others have been acquitted for lack of evidence.