Darbhanga, Nov. 6 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Alinagar candidate Maithili Thakur on Thursday visited the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Alinagar, Darbhanga district as the first phase of Bihar elections commenced today.

Thakur is the candidate from Constituency 81, Alinagar, which started polling early on Thursday morning. At 25 years old, and a debutant Maithili Thakur is the youngest candidate in the electoral fray. She is set to contest against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Binod Mishra. Jan Suraaj Party candidate Biplaw Kumar Chowdhary is also contesting the polls from Alinagar.

Maithili Thakur expressed confidence in doing well in the polls, and said that she will make sure voters face no problems to exercise their right.

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