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Talking with reporters, he said, “I want to fight from the constituency of my house … My village, if you are given a pole ticket. I have a special relationship with that place.”
Video | Folk singer of Bihar Maithili Thakur says, “I would like to contest elections from my home constituency … If you are given a poll ticket then my village. I have been connected to that place.”@Maithilithakur,# Biharelections2025 #Biharalectionwithpti
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– Press Trust of India (@PTI_NEWS) October 7, 2025
Thakur, who was here to perform at the Narmada Festival here, also talked about his favorite assembly constituency. He said, “No official announcement has been made yet, but I would like to go to my village area because I have a special relationship with it.”
The singer said, “Starting from there will give me a chance to learn. Meeting people, to meet them … If I start from my village, I will understand more.”
In response to another question about Bihar assembly electionThakur said that he is ready to contribute whatever is possible for the progress of the country.
Recently, he met BJP’s National General Secretary and Bihar ORaganisation- In-charge Vinod Tawade and Union Minister Nityanand Rai, who speculated that she can compete with the upcoming
Bihar Assembly Elections. Thakur said that during his discussion he talked about various topics related to the future of Bihar.
On Sunday, Tawade also shared photos of his meeting on X, saying that the singer and his family left Bihar during the tenure of Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1995. He said that ‘Beti’ now wants to return after the progress of the state.
“Today, Union Minister of State for the house @nityanandraibjp ji and I urged him that for the people of Bihar and for the development of Bihar, his contribution is expected by the common man of Bihar and he fulfills his hopes. Best wishes for Bihar’s daughter Maithili Thakur ji!” He has written.
In the year 1995, when Lalu Raj came to Bihar in Bihar, the family who left Bihar, the famous singer of that family, Maithili Thakur ji wants to come again after seeing the speed of Bihar.
Today Minister of State for Home @nityanandraibjp Yes and I urged him that for the people of Bihar and… pic.twitter.com/drftkxqwo0
– Vinod Foundation (@TAWDEVNOD) October 5, 2025
Thakur, who was born in Benipatti in Madhubani district of Bihar, received a name for herself in music, a Maithili musician, when she was 11 in 2011 and has been active ever since.
BJP leader and former minister Vinod Narayan Jha, currently represents Benipatti in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
In 2020, the 68-year-old BJP leader defeated Congress candidate Bhavana Jha by more than 30,000 votes in this Brahmin-sequence seat.
Bihar assembly elections will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, with votes to be counted on 14 November.