Watch: Pappu Yadav gets emotional after winning Bihar's Purnia seat

After a close contest victory over JDU's Santosh Kumar, independent candidate from Bihar's Purnia constituency Pappu Yadav got emotional when his followers congratulated him on the victory in Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday. Pappu Yadav won with 16,000 votes over Santosh Kumar.

Pappu Yadav contested as an independent candidate after his hopes of getting a Congress ticket dashed when the seat went to RJD. However, the RJD candidate Bima Bharti remained at the third place.