Overview
- Maithili Thakur submitted nomination papers from Alinagar and noted participating in a blessing assembly in the presence of Union minister Nityanand Rai.
- She features on the BJP’s latest candidate list for Bihar, with polling set for November 6 and 11 and counting on November 14.
- Alinagar has been volatile since 2020 winner Mishri Lal Yadav was convicted and disqualified in May, then resigned from the BJP in October alleging anti-Dalit bias.
- Thakur is a Maithili–Bhojpuri folk singer with millions of followers across YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, and she has served as an Election Commission brand ambassador and as a government-recognized cultural ambassador.
- She joined the BJP in Patna saying she was influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and her election affidavit reports assets totaling nearly Rs 4 crore.