India, Sept. 30 -- Bhojpuri singer-actor Pawan Singh's meetings with union home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda in quick succession have set off speculation that he will be back in the fold of the party or the wider NDA to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly election.

This comes a year after he was expelled from the party after two consecutive controversies.

The first one was after he was given the BJP's LS poll ticket from Asansol in neighbouring West Bengal - an area with a large number of migrants among the voters - but he opted out after the state's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) pointed towards his songs that have "objectified" Bengali women over the years. He withdrew his name without giving a reason.

But he was expell...