Patna, Oct. 15 -- Famous folk singer Maithili Thakur will contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections as a BJP candidate from Alinagar. She joined the BJP yesterday.
Born on July 25, 2000, Maithili Thakur has become the youngest candidate in this election. Her name appears at the top of the BJP's second list of candidates, released today for the Bihar Assembly elections. The list includes 12 names.
Another prominent name on the list is former IPS officer Anand Mishra, who left Jan Suraaj to join the BJP just a month ago.
Chirag Paswan's LJP (Ram Vilas) also announced its first list of candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections. The list includes 14 candidates. The party has been allotted 29 seats as part of the NDA seat-sharing agreem...