Folk singer Maithili Thakur is all set to enter politics as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named her its candidate from Alinagar constituency in Bihar. The announcement was made on Tuesday as part of the BJP’s second list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.
The list includes 12 new names, taking the BJP’s total announced candidates to 83 out of 101 seats it plans to contest in the state.
BJP’s New List of Candidates
Along with Maithili Thakur, several other candidates have been fielded from key constituencies. The names include Ram Chandra Prasad from Hayaghat, Ranjan Kumar from Muzaffarpur, Subhash Singh from Gopalganj, Kedar Nath Singh from Baniapur, and Chhoti Kumari from Chapra.
Other candidates on the list are Vinay Kumar Singh (Sonepur), Birendra Kumar (Rosera – SC), Dr. Siyaram Singh (Barh), Mahesh Paswan (Agiaon – SC), Rakesh Ojha (Shahpur), and IPS officer Anand Mishra (Buxar).
The BJP’s first list of 71 candidates was released on October 14. With the second list, the party has now revealed most of its nominees for the upcoming polls.
High-Level Meeting and Poll Schedule
According to the party statement, the BJP Central Election Committee meeting was held on October 12, chaired by JP Nadda and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Home Minister Amit Shah.
Senior leaders such as Mangal Pandey (Siwan), Tarkishore Prasad (Katihar), Ramkripal Yadav (Danapur), Renu Devi (Bettiah), Prem Kumar (Gaya Town), Shreyasi Singh (Jamui), Vijay Kumar Sinha (Lakhisarai), and Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary (Tarapur) have also been given tickets.
The Bihar Assembly elections will be held in two phases on November 6 and November 11, with counting scheduled for November 14.
With Maithili Thakur’s name on the list, the BJP seems to be reaching out to young and cultural voters, combining art and politics in Bihar’s election scene.
