Folk singer Maithili Thakur, 25, could contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections from the Benipatti or Alinagar seat in Mithilanchal, The Indian Express has learnt.

Maithili first gained popularity at the age of 12, when she launched a YouTube channel, where she would sing Maithili and Bhojpuri songs.

She now has over 51 lakh subscribers on YouTube and 63 lakh followers on Instagram.

Over the past decade, she gained attention performing at events both in India and abroad, including some attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi . Her brothers, Risabh Thakur and Ayachi Thakur, as well as her father, Ramesh Thakur, are also singers.

In a Facebook post on Monday, BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde wrote about his meeting with her, “Renowned singer Maithili Thakur, whose f

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