Bihar polls: Can folk singer Maithili Thakur help NDA conquer Mithilanchal? BJP releases second list of candidates

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released the second list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls on Wednesday. The party has fielded 25-year-old folk and devotional singer Maithili Thakur, who joined the party on Tuesday, as its candidate from Alinagar constituency.

 

Winner of the prestigious 'Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar' of the Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) in 2021, Thakur is known for her folk songs in Maithili and Bhojpuri. The renowned singer recently said she was inspired by the public life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and hence decided to join politics. She officially joined the BJP during an event at Patna on Tuesday, in the presence of Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal. The BJP hopes Maithili's candidature will attract young voters to the party. 

The ruling party released the second list of 12 names for the upcoming polls. According to the list, the party has fielded former IPS officer Anand Mishra from Buxar.

The Bihar legislative assembly polls 2025 will be held in two phases on November 6 (Thursday) and 11 (Tuesday). The counting of the votes will take place on November 14, Friday.

Full list:

1.  Alinagar - Maithili Thakur. 

2. Hayaghat - Ram Chandra Prasad.

3.Muzaffarpur - Ranjan Kumar. 

4. Gopalganj - Subhash Singh. 

5. Baniapur - Kedar Nath Singh. 

6. Chapra - Chhoti Kumari. 

7. Sonepur - Vinay Kumar Singh.  

8. Rosera (SC) - Birendra Kumar. 

9. Barh - Dr Siyaram Singh.

10. Agiaon (SC) - Mahesh Paswan. 

11. Shahpur - Rakesh Ojha. 

12. Buxar - Anand Mishra, IPS.

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