April 18, 2026

Maithili Thakur

Bihar polls result: Veteran stability and youth connect – How Gen Z expectations became NDA’s electoral edge | India News – The Times of India

Bihar polls result: Veteran stability and youth connect – How Gen Z expectations became NDA’s electoral edge | India News – The Times of India

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Chirag Paswan, Nitish Kumar and Maithili Thakur (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Bihar’s 2025 verdict was at once predictable and surprising. Predictable because as usual the NDA retained the power and Nitish Kumar is once again expected to retain the CM chair. Surprising because new, youthful faces such as Chirag Paswan and Maithili Thakur played decisive, complementary…

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Bihar election results: With promises & warnings, Shah turned around ‘aggrieved souls’ | India News – The Times of India

Bihar election results: With promises & warnings, Shah turned around ‘aggrieved souls’ | India News – The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Alinagar, a constituency in Bihar’s Darbhanga, was catapulted into limelight when BJP decided to field Maithili Thakur, a popular young folk singer, as its candidate. The high-profile candidature immediately ignited resistance from the grassroots, with old party faithfuls threatening to contest as rebels and jeopardise PM Narendra Modi’s experiment of bringing the young…

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Bihar polls: Maithili Thakur in lead; Khesari Lal Yadav, Ritesh Pandey struggle – how celebrity candidates fared amid NDA sweep | India News – The Times of India

Bihar polls: Maithili Thakur in lead; Khesari Lal Yadav, Ritesh Pandey struggle – how celebrity candidates fared amid NDA sweep | India News – The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Celebrity candidates in the Bihar assembly polls witnessed mixed fortunes, with only singer Maithili Thakur, contesting from Alinagar on a BJP ticket, poised for victory. Others — including actor-singer Khesari Lal Yadav (Chapra) and singer Ritesh Pandey (Kargahar) — were trailing in their respective constituencies.Alinagar: Maithili Thakur had secured 49,673 votes after 14…

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Bihar election results: Maithili Thakur headed for big debut win; poised to become youngest MLA in state | India News – The Times of India

Bihar election results: Maithili Thakur headed for big debut win; poised to become youngest MLA in state | India News – The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Celebrated folk singer Maithili Thakur has turned her cultural influence into a political triumph, setting out to secure a historic victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar’s Alinagar constituency. This marks the first time since the seat’s formation in 2008 that the BJP has won from Alinagar.The 25-year-old singer, known across…

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Bihar polls: Will ‘star’ power favour the political fortunes of parties? | India News – The Times of India

Bihar polls: Will ‘star’ power favour the political fortunes of parties? | India News – The Times of India

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(From left) Pawan Singh, Maithili Thakur and Khesari Lal Yadav NEW DELHI: Bihar’s election stage has always had drama, but this time, the script has a cinematic twist. Folk singer Maithili Thakur, and Bhojpuri actors Khesari Lal Yadav and Pawan Singh, have all entered the political frame, turning the 2025 assembly battle into a fusion…

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Bihar polls: Mithilanchal gears up for high voltage battle – why it matters | India News – The Times of India

Bihar polls: Mithilanchal gears up for high voltage battle – why it matters | India News – The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, despite the consecration of the Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost the Faizabad seat to the Samajwadi Party. However, it retained all the seats in Bihar’s Mithilanchal, considered the paternal home of Sita, Lord Ram’s wife.As Bihar gears up for the…

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‘Here to serve society’: Maithili Thakur joins BJP ahead of Bihar polls; likely to contest from Alinagar | India News – The Times of India

‘Here to serve society’: Maithili Thakur joins BJP ahead of Bihar polls; likely to contest from Alinagar | India News – The Times of India

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Maithili Thakur joins BJP ahead of Bihar polls NEW DELHI: In a major political development ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, folk and devotional singer Maithili Thakur on Tuesday formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Patna, in the presence of Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal.As per news agency ANI, sources indicate that Thakur…

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