Overview

• Maithili Thakur met BJP leaders Vinod Tawde and Nityanand Rai, after which Tawde posted urging her to contribute to Bihar’s development and noting her family left the state in 1995.
• Thakur told reporters there has been no official announcement on a candidature and said she would like to start from her village constituency because of her personal attachment to the area.
• Media reports and BJP sources link her potential run to Darbhanga-area seats such as Alinagar or Benipatti, but they stress the central leadership will make the final call.
• The Election Commission has scheduled the Bihar assembly polls for November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14.
• Thakur, a ‘State Icon’ of Bihar and a Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar awardee, is seen by some observers as a candidate who could help the BJP connect with younger voters in Mithilanchal.