Bureaucrats keen to get tickets in Bihar Motive: Social service or Sharing power ?

Whether it's an urge to come to power or the desire of social service is anybody's guess. Whatever the case may be, but the reality is that this time many former IPS and  IAS officers are running to get tickets from various parties to contest the Bihar Assembly elections. Recently, former DGP Gupteshwar Pandey, who has joined politics after getting  VRS, appears to be keen to be a member of the house in Bihar . But Gupteshwar Pandey is not the only former IPS officer who is being speculated to contest elections. This time, former IPS officer and former DG Sunil Kumar, who was his batchmate, has also joined JDU. Now the discussion is that he  too will contest elections this time.  
The political observers   believe that administrative officials have had  relationship with political masters , however, getting tickets from the parties is still pending. But as we know  politics is a game of possibilities and speculation. This is also speculated that these formar officials may even fight elections as independent candidates if they did not get tickets.
Former IPS Ashok Kumar Gupta had  contested from Patna Sahib Parliament constituency as an independent candidate when he failed to get a ticket from any party. He had to face defeat in Parliament election  but, this time he has joined the RJD. In such a situation, the possibility of him contesting the assembly elections cannot be ruled out. Apart from this, retired DGP K S  Dwivedi is also being  discussed in the political circles  to contest from Bhagalpur this time, while former IAS officer Raghav Sharan Pandey is being speculated to contest again from Bagaha assembly segment Yet another retired police officer Sridhar Mandal, has also joined the RJD and he can also contest elections. R K Singh,  a retired beaurocrat and MP of Bhojpur and a minister in the Central Government. Apart from this, former IPS Lalit Vijay Singh also contested the elections, he has been a minister at the Center. A former IAS officer Muni Lal,  who defeated Meera Kumar,was also a minister at the center. Former IPS DP Ojha also contested on CPIML  ticket once although he did not win the elections.
Meanwhile talks for selection of  candidates  is underway in the NDA as most  of seats is almost fixed among the constituents of NDA. LJP is said to be feeling most uncomfortable as only 27-28 seats are likely to be hiven to the party  under the alliance. LJP believes that most of these seats are not suitable for the party. Parleys are still on among NDA partners for   choice of seats on the basis of winability and capacity to transfer votes among partners.  Similarly, BJP and JDU also have a choice of a few seats.
The  top leaders of all the major parties of NDA say that a joint meeting is going to be held in Delhi soon in which cosensous will be arrived . According to party sources JDU National President and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is also likely to talk to the heads of BJP and LJP parties. NDA leaders have expressed confidence thatthe seat sharing in the NDA coalition will be cordial .