The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released the second list of 12 candidates to be contested in the Bihar elections. One name from the list raised many eyebrows as it was popular folk singer, Maithili Thakur, who rose to fame with her Instagram videos during the pandemic times. Maithili will contest from Alinagar, considered to be one of the toughest seats in the state for BJP.

Maithili Thakur thanked PM Modi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar after her name was included in the second list of candidates.

Her popularity rose to such an extent that Maithilli now boasts of a gigantic 5.13 million subscribers on YouTube and 6.3 million followers on Instagram. Even Prime Minister Modi had previously shared her video in admiration of her talent.

Hailing from Madhubani district i

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