The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has unveiled its second batch of candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, announcing 12 new nominees, including the popular folk singer Maithili Thakur, who is making her political debut from the Alinagar seat in Darbhanga district.

Thakur’s candidacy follows her formal induction into the BJP in Patna, where she joined in the presence of state party chief Dilip Jaiswal. This move fueled speculation that she would contest from Alinagar, a seat currently held by the BJP’s Mishrilal Yadav.

Among the other notable candidates is former IPS officer Anand Mishra, who will represent the party from Buxar. Mishra recently joined the BJP after leaving Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraj and had been planning to contest independently from this constituency.

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