New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- Maithili Thakur, a 25-year-old former music-show contestant, is making waves in Bihar politics by taking a significant lead of 8,544 votes over RJD's Binod Mishra in the Alinagar constituency.

If this trend continues, Thakur will become the youngest member of the Bihar Assembly, marking a remarkable rise for the young BJP candidate who first gained national attention as a child on TV.

Thakur, who turned 25 in July, would enter an assembly where the average age of candidates this election cycle is approximately 51. Her victory would also mark a historic first for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Alinagar, a Darbhanga constituency with a considerable Muslim population and long considered out of the BJP's reach. The stat...