Bhojpuri superstar Pawan Singh on Saturday (October 11, 2025) announced that he would not contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Bihar , and said he would continue to remain as a "soldier" of the BJP.

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His announcement comes as speculations are rife that Mr. Singh may contest the polls on a BJP ticket from one of the seven Assembly seats of Bhojpur district, preferably from the Ara or Barhara seats, after he recently met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) chief and Rajya Sabha member Upendra Kushwaha.

In a post on X, Mr. Singh wrote, “I, Pawan Singh, want to inform my Bhojpuri community that I did not join the party (BJP) to contest the Bihar assembly elections…nor do I wan

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