Ticket for Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar

The news says that many are in fray for RS ticket from Bihar. The names of many contenders are in fray and rightly so. Most have a sound political background and surely deserve a seat in the upper house. Parties have right to select a person who would voice their concern in the house.
In this light it would not be out of place to suggest that any person selected by a thinking party like JD(U) must be person with social commitments. S/he can't be just a politician. It has to be a person of extraordinary social concerns. S/He must symbolise what state wants: eradication of poverty, disease and corruption, one who has relentlessly worked for Bihar and not merely wants to gain politically.
In this sense JD(U) will be sending the right message if it selects an academician as the candidate and signal the revival and improvement in the state of higher education in the state.The intellectual condition of Bihar was in poor state of management. It only failed. And now that it is improving alongwith the massive revival of health services, it only means that only two persons can claim the nomination: Professor R.S. Sharma, the most eminent historian and Dr. C.P. Thakur, the eminent physician and Kala Azar expert. One is from left and another from right and yet both have remained rooted in the state. While most of the remarkable writings of R.S. Sharma was done while he was still at Patna University including his magnum opus Indian Feudalism, he moved to Delhi to gain national footprint but came back to the state after his retirement from Delhi University. A simple and sober man wearing dhoti kurta, Sharma is the tallest historian ever produced in India. His Marxist explanation of early history of India changed the way we looked at the country's ancient past. no one has been able to come any where closer to his contributions.
Thakur has been unique in more than one way. A popular doctor, a professor at medical college, a world renowned expert in Kala Azar and then very successful politician and cabinet minister to boot. His love for the state and his immense popularity as doctor has always been a source of pride for the state and people. He has always been an academic and researcher, much like Sharma.
Then what better way to salute the achievements of the state than nominating one of the two to the RS this year. I am sure the JD(U) will honour the state by picking one the two and prove that he is the true leader of Bihar.