BJP Announces Second List Of Bihar Assembly Candidates; Maithili Thakur And Anand Mishra Included

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its second list of 12 candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections, including high-profile entrants folk singer Maithili Thakur and retired IPS officer Anand Mishra.

The BJP has allotted the Alinagar Assembly constituency in Darbhanga to Maithili Thakur, celebrated for her contributions to Maithili and Bhojpuri folk music and often referred to as the ‘Daughter of Bihar’.

Thakur joined the BJP on Tuesday evening, shortly after the release of the party’s first list. The party described her induction as a move to strengthen cultural and youth engagement in the state.

The BJP has fielded retired IPS officer Anand Mishra from the Buxar Assembly constituency. Mishra, who had joined the BJP before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and later briefly aligned with Jan Suraaj, returned to the BJP to contest the assembly elections after being denied a ticket for the parliamentary elections.

Other Candidates in the Second List

The list also features Ramchandra Prasad from Hayaghat, Ranjan Kumar from Muzaffarpur, Subhash Singh from Gopalganj, Kedar Nath Singh from Baniapur, Choti Kumari from Chhapra, Vinay Kumar Singh from Sonpur, Virendra Kumar from Rosera, Siyaram Singh from Barh, Mahesh Paswan from Agiaon, and Rakesh Ojha from Shahpur.

The BJP had released its first list of 71 candidates on October 14, which included Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary (Tarapur) and Vijay Kumar Sinha (Lakhisarai), 12 ministers, 48 sitting MLAs, and nine women.

Several senior leaders, including Nand Kishore Yadav and Arun Sinha, were denied tickets.

With the announcement of the second list, the BJP has now declared 83 candidates out of the 101 seats it is contesting under the NDA’s seat-sharing arrangement.

The BJP is expected to release the third and final list of 18 candidates shortly, completing its electoral roster for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls.

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