In a significant boost to the party ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, folk and devotional singer Maithili Thakur on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Patna in the presence of Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal.

Thakur is likely to contest the upcoming state assembly elections from Alinagar in Darbhanga, according to the sources. The polling for Bihar’s 243-seat Assembly is scheduled to take place on November 6 and November 11, with the counting set for November 14.

Speaking on the occasion, Bihar BJP President Jaiswal exuded confidence in the NDA’s victory, saying that the voters have made up their minds to form an NDA government with a “thumping majority.”

He also took a dig at the opposition Mahagathbandhan, saying that they are “disheartened and depressed” and cl

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