Patna: Some call her a youth icon. The BJP calls her the ‘cultural voice of Mithila’. One of the youngest candidates in the Bihar Assembly election fray, the celebrated folk singer-turned-politician, Maithili Thakur, turned 25 this July, before joining the saffron brigade and becoming eligible to contest an election as the BJP nominee.

The celebrity, who is receiving bouquets as well as brickbats ever since she was nominated as the BJP candidate for Alinagar in Darbhanga, is, however, unfazed over the criticism. Like a seasoned politician, she talks of empowerment of women and youth, but also wants to push the Hindutva agenda, which her party pursues.

“We would like to rename Alinagar as Sitanagar, as a tribute to Goddess Sita,” she avers during her campaign, well aware of the fact that

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