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Last Updated:October 07, 2025, 08:55 IST
Renowned folk singer Maithili Thakur met BJP election in-charge Vinod Tawde and Union Minister Nityanand Rai.
Maithili Thakur meets BJP leaders Vinod Tawde, Nityanand Rai
Ahead of Bihar Elections 2025, folk singer Maithili Thakur met BJP election in-charge Vinod Tawde and Union Minister Nityanand Rai, sparking the rumour over whether she will contest on a BJP ticket in the upcoming Assembly elections. Reacting to the speculations, Thakur told News 18 that she would like to stand from her village constituency.
Reports speculate that BJP might field the folk singer from the Alinagar seat in Darbhanga.
Rumours sparked after Vinod Tawde shared the photos of the meeting with Maithili Thakur on X. Addressing the speculations, the devotional singer said, Maithili Thakur said, “I too have been seeing these things on TV. I recently visited Bihar and had the opportunity to meet Nityanand Rai, as well as Vinod Tawde. We had a discussion about Bihar’s future. I would like to stand from my village constituency because I have an attachment to it."
Sharing the photos of the meeting on his X handle on Sunday, Tawde said that the singer and her family had left Bihar in 1995 during Lalu Prasad Yadav’s rule.
“The family that left Bihar when Lalu Raj came to power in Bihar in the year 1995, the daughter of that family, the renowned singer Maithili Thakur ji, wants to return to Bihar, seeing the pace of changing Bihar. Today, Union Minister of State for Home @nityanandraibjp ji and I urged her that for the people of Bihar and for the development of Bihar, her contribution is expected by the common man of Bihar and that she fulfil their expectations. Best wishes to Bihar’s daughter Maithili Thakur ji!" the post reads.
वर्ष 1995 में बिहार में लालू राज आने पर जो परिवार बिहार छोड़कर चले गए, उस परिवार की बिटिया सुप्रसिद्ध गायिका मैथिली ठाकुर जी बदलते बिहार की रफ्तार को देखकर फिर से बिहार आना चाहती हैं.आज गृह राज्यमंत्री @nityanandraibjp जी और मैंने उनसे आग्रह किया कि बिहार की जनता के लिए और… pic.twitter.com/DrFtkxQWo0
— Vinod Tawde (@TawdeVinod) October 5, 2025
Thakur reshared the post on her handle and wrote, “The people who dream big for Bihar, every conversation with them reminds me of the power of vision and service. Honoured and grateful from the heart."
Maithili Thakur was appointed as the ‘State Icon’ of Bihar by the Election Commission.
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October 07, 2025, 08:55 IST
News politics Maithili Thakur To Contest Bihar Elections? Singer Meets BJP leaders Vinod Tawde, Nityanand Rai
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