Patna (15.10.2025): Finally, Assam-Manipur cadre Indian Police Service officer Anand Mishra (Retd IPS: 2011: AM), who took VRS before 2024 Lok Sabha elections, has been fielded  from Buxar Assembly constituency.

Anand Mishra had taken voluntary retirement (VRS) and unsuccessfully contested the last Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate but joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on August 20, 2025. Mishra was inducted into the party in the presence of state BJP president Dilip Jaiswal and Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha.

After taking voluntary retirement, he had sought a BJP ticket to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Buxar, but the party denied him a ticket. He later claimed that Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma assured him of ticket. Subsequently, he contested as an independent candidate but failed to make a mark. He later briefly associated with political strategist Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party.

With Mishra being fielded from Buxar, two bureaucrats have been fielded by the BJP in Bihar Assembly elections so far. The first being Sujit Kumar (IRS IT: 2001) from Gaura Bauram Assembly constituency.

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