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Bihar Election Results 2025: In Bihar's Mithila, where folk tunes resonate in villages and politics emerge with youthful fervor, Maithili Thakur has emerged as a phenomenon. 25‑year‑old Maithili Thakur has opened a lead of 8,588 votes over her rival Binod Mishra, a well‑known RJD heavyweight, in the Alinagar assembly seat, according to the ECI data at 3 p.m.
Patna, Nov 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bihar Assembly elections delivered one of the most lopsided verdicts in the state's recent history, with the National Democratic Alliance storming past the 200-seat mark in the 243-member House, securing a brute majority that dwarfs its 125-seat haul in 2020. As counting progressed through the afternoon, the NDA's tally hovered around 200-208 seats, powered by the Bharatiya Janata Party emerging as the single largest party with leads in 90-95 constituencies, closely followed by Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) at 79-84, Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party ...Read More >
Bihar assembly elections saw incredibly close races. Several seats were decided by very narrow margins. In Bhojpur's Sandesh constituency, the victory was by just 27 votes. Arrah's Agiaon seat had a difference of only 95 votes. Ramgarh saw a win by 30 votes. Nabinagar's margin was 112 votes. Dhaka's contest concluded with a 178-vote difference. At least three Bihar assembly seats witnessed a winning margin of less than 100 votes, while the closest contest was decided by below 250 votes in three ...Read More >
Sitamarhi, Bihar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in a scathing attack against Lalu Prasad on Friday, asked if RJD supremo wants to save the Bangladeshis who are coming from outside and snatching the employment opportunities of the people of Bihar in the state. Addressing the public in Bihar's Sitamarhi, he said, "Who does Lalu Prasad want to save? ... Do you want to save those Bangladeshis who come from outside and snatch jobs of the people of Bihar?" Intensifying his attack against the RJD, he further said, "I want to ask Tejashwi Yadav, his father and mother were in power for a long time. ...Read More >
Gaya: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday announced that Shan Ali, accused of killing Qeyamuddin Ansari, the then station house officer of Kothi police station in Gaya in Oct 2016, would contest the upcoming assembly election from Sherghati on his party's ticket.Ali, who was arrested from Delhi in connection with the murder, is currently out on bail. He has a long criminal record. He had earlier escaped from jails in Chatra and Aurangabad and faces dozens of cases related to murder and other ...Read More >
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], October 18 (ANI): Folk singer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Maithili Thakur expressed deep gratitude and emotion after filing her nomination papers from the Alinagar Assembly constituency for the upcoming Bihar elections. In a post on X on Friday, Thakur wrote, "Today, I filed my nomination paper as the authorised candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Alinagar Assembly constituency. After the nomination, I participated in the blessing assembly organised in the dignified presence of the Honourable Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Ni ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday remembered the contributions of Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur in building the nation and vowed to fulfil the aspirations of the 14 crore population of Bihar, claiming that their dream is the dream of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). PM Modi, addressing a huge gathering of people, said, "Today is an extremely important day in my life. Before coming here, I had gone to Karpoori Gram, where I got the opportunity to pay my respects and bow to Bharat Ratna Jananayak Karpoori Thakur Ji." Exhorting the crowd to continue taking ...Read More >
Saharsa, Nov 3 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday charged the RJD with having stalled development projects in Bihar by putting pressure on the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to "avenge" its ouster from power in the state in 2005. Addressing a rally in the north Bihar district of Saharsa, Modi also reiterated that the Congress grudgingly agreed to declare Tejashwi Yadav as the INDIA bloc's chief ministerial candidate, after the RJD placed a 'katta' or illegal country-made gun on its head. "Now in the current elections, the Congress, which is already a spent force in Bihar ...Read More >
Bihar's folk singer Maithili Thakur will contest the assembly election from Alinagar on a BJP ticket New Delhi: Bihar's folk singer Maithili Thakur will contest the assembly election from Alinagar on a BJP ticket. Her name was among 12 candidates in the second list that the BJP released today. The BJP has fielded new candidates in nine out of the 12 assembly constituencies in this list. Other key candidates in the second list include former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Anand Mishra, wh ...Read More >
Patna: Bihar's political theatre thrives on caste, social equations, spectacles and power plays. But every election, a handful of people emerge, breaking rules, defying party strongholds and grabbing headlines. The 2025 assembly elections in the state are no different. Pushpam Priya brings cosmopolitan vision. Tej Pratap Yadav thrives on rebellion. Khesari Lal Yadav entertains with daring songs. Maithili Thakur mesmerises with her classical voice. Anant Singh shows raw muscle. Osama Shahab carries family influence. Prashant Kishore seeks to overhaul the system. They together reflect the extre ...Read More >
The inaugural session of the 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly got underway on Monday with the newly-elected members taking the oath of office. Pro-tem speaker Narendra Narayan Yadav administered the procedure allowing the members of recite oath in five languages -- Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit or Maithili. Ministers in the Nitish cabinet were the first to take oath, with deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary, elected from Tarapur assembly seat, coming to the dais first. He was followed by anot ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bihar on October 30 to attend programs in Muzaffarpur and Chhapra, BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal said. Modi has already addressed rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai, launching the NDA's campaign for the November 6 and 11 Assembly elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Bihar on October 30 to attend two programmes in Muzaffarpur and Chhapra, said BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday. Earlier, Prime Minister Modi visited ...Read More >
Playback singer Maithili Thakur, trained in Indian classical and devotional music, turned 25 on July 25 this year. Three months later, she is in a different field altogether as she contests the upcoming Assembly elections from Alinagar constituency in Darbhanga district as a surprise Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee. Ms. Thakur, the youngest among the candidates in the Bihar elections this time, hails from Benipatti in neighbouring Madhubani district, about 35 km from the Mithilanchal region ...Read More >
Maithili Thakur is set to become the youngest Bihar MLA. Almost ten Gen Zs stood the electoral test in the two-phase Bihar Assembly elections, including spiritual singer and BJP's Alinagar candidate Maithili Thakur. Here is how the nine candidates aged 25 years stand as of 4 pm: In Alinagar, Maithili Thakur is on the path to become the state's youngest ever MLA. She is almost 7,000 votes ahead of Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Binod Mishra. Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party's (RLJP) Yash Raj lost fr ...Read More >
Chirag Paswan's LJP(RV) has made headlines by announcing its inaugural list of 14 candidates, claiming significant positions in key areas like Govindganj and Brahmpur. In a surprising twist, they have taken over several constituencies that were contested by JDU during the last elections. After a lot of discussions within the party and with NDA allies, LJP(RV) of Chirag Paswan has finally released its first list of 14 candidates on Wednesday. There were several seats which the party had earlier c ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its third list of 71 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, fielding Satish Kumar Yadav against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav from Raghopur constituency. According to the official document released by the party on Wednesday, the BJP's Central Election Committee approved the names of candidates for the 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. The list includes Nand Kishor Ram from Ramnagar, Vinay Bihari from Lauriya, Bina Devi from Kochadhaman, and Kumar Shailendra from Bihpur. The Bharatiya Janata Pa ...Read More >
Popular folk singer Maithili Thakur has expressed her desire to contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections from her home constituency, potentially receiving a poll ticket. She has met with BJP leaders to discuss Bihar's future, though no official announcement has been made. The Bihar Assembly elections are scheduled for November 6 and 11, with vote counting on November 14. Popular Bihar folk singer Maithili Thakur has expressed her interest in contesting the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections ...Read More >
New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday released its first list of 71 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, signaling a major reshuffle in the party's state leadership. Ten MLAs, including five former ministers, have been dropped and the party has brought in a mix of new and experienced faces to strengthen the party's social and regional balance. Among those denied tickets are assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav, state minister Ramprit Paswan, Motilal Prasad, former minister Amrendra Pratap Si ...Read More >
Patna: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Wednesday allotted his party LJP(RV) symbol to state president Raju Tiwary from Govindganj and to Hulas Pandey from Brahmapur while releasing the list of 14 candidates from his quota of 29 seats given by the BJP as part of the NDA seat-sharing agreement to contest the assembly elections on Nov 6 and 11.Apart from Raju Tiwari and Hulas, LJP(RV) has fielded Seemant Mrinal (Garkha), Sanjay Kumar Singh (Simri Bakhtiyarpur), Vishnu Dev Paswan (Darouli), Surendra ...Read More >
Bihar Election 2025: Folk singer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Maithili Thakur has officially entered the political arena by filing her nomination papers from the Alinagar Assembly constituency in Darbhanga district for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, Thakur shared her feelings after filing her nomination, expressing gratitude to the party leadership and the people of her constituency. "Today, I filed my nomination paper as the authorised candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Alinagar Assembly constituency. After the nom ...Read More >
Darbhanga/Motihari, Nov 4 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday warned Pakistan-sponsored terrorists to refrain from further attacking India, asserting that if they repeat the mistake, "goli ka jawab goley se diya jayega" (they will face cannons for bullets). Explosives manufactured in Bihar's proposed defence corridor will be used against these terrorists, he said. "Terrorists from Pakistan attacked our citizens in Pahalgam. They wiped off Sindoor from the foreheads of our mothers and sisters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi avenged it by launching Operation Sindoor within 20 days. T ...Read More >
Patna/Begusarai: Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi will kick off his Bihar election campaign with two back-to-back rallies on Friday, addressing the people of Samastipur and Begusarai, while Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to hold separate meetings in Siwan and Buxar the same day. Shah has already addressed a rally at Taraiya in Saran on Oct 17.The first phase of the assembly elections is scheduled for Nov 6, followed by the second phase on Nov 11 and the results will be declared on No ...Read More >
Patna: The Bihar assembly election has transcended state and national boundaries, finding mention not just among the Indian diaspora abroad but also among artists in the United States.In one such instance, BJP candidate and folk singer Maithili Thakur, contesting from the Alinagar assembly constituency in Darbhanga district against RJD's Vinod Mishra, has received warm wishes from American singer and long-time admirer of India, Mary Millben.Maithili on Monday expressed gratitude to Millben for extending her wishes ahead of the Bihar assembly elections scheduled in two phases on Nov 6 and 11.In ...Read More >
Patna: Folk singer Maithili Thakur, along with RJD MLA Bharat Bind joined the BJP on Tuesday. She is likely to be fielded from Alinagar in Darbhanga. Sitting MLA Mishri Lal Tadav has quit BJP. Earlier, it was speculated that the BJP would field her from her home seat Benipatti, but retained sitting MLA Vinod Narayan Jha in its first list of 71 candidates announced Tuesday. Alinagar is the home of Maithili's maternal uncle.Maithili turned 25 recently. Her father Ramesh Thakur is also her guru and ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) While Bihar prepares for high-voltage Assembly elections in a month from now, popular folk singer Maithili Thakur is likely to make her political debut in the upcoming polls, potentially contesting on a BJP ticket from her home district, Darbhanga. Speaking to press after meeting BJP leaders including Nityanand Rai and Vinod Tawde, she remarked that her favorite political leader is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Thakur, known for promoting Maithili culture and folk music, confirmed that discussions with senior BJP leaders have took place, however, nothing has ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) On the last day of filing nominations for the Bihar Assembly elections 2025, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) officially released its first list of 143 candidates, covering 38 districts across the state. The list features several high-profile names, including Tejashwi Yadav, who will once again contest from his traditional Raghopur seat. The party's candidate lineup reflects a clear emphasis on the Backward Classes and minorities, consistent with the RJD's long-standing social justice plank. In a notable move, Bhojpuri singer and actor Khesari Lal Yadav has been ...Read More >
Mukesh Sahani has been named the Deputy Chief Ministerial candidate for the Mahagathbandhan in poll bound Bihar, parties representing the Opposition bloc announced on Thursday. The alliance, which includes the RJD, Congress, Left parties, and Sahani's Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), has already picked Tejashwi Yadav as its Chief Ministerial face. Sahani's selection could be seen as a strategic move to consolidate support among Bihar's fisherman and other backward communities and strengthen the al ...Read More >
Saharsa: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday charged the RJD with having stalled development projects in Bihar by putting pressure on the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to "avenge" its ouster from power in the state in 2005. Addressing a rally in the north Bihar district of Saharsa, Modi also reiterated that the Congress grudgingly agreed to declare Tejashwi Yadav as the INDIA bloc's chief ministerial candidate, after the RJD placed a 'katta' or illegal country-made gun on its head. "Now in the current elections, the Congress, which is already a spent force in Bihar, has vowed t ...Read More >
Darbhanga: Sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Alinagar in Bihar's Darbhanga district, Mishri Lal Yadav, has resigned from the party, alleging disrespected within the BJP. "My self-respect has been hurt. Even as an MLA, I was not given due respect in the party. Therefore, my continued stay in the BJP is not justified," Yadav said in his resignation statement. Yadav was elected from the Alinagar assembly seat in 2020 on a Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) ticket and later joined the BJP-le ...Read More >
Patna, October 20: On the last day of filing nominations for the Bihar Assembly elections 2025, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) officially released its first list of 143 candidates, covering 38 districts across the state. The list features several high-profile names, including Tejashwi Yadav, who will once again contest from his traditional Raghopur seat. The party's candidate lineup reflects a clear emphasis on the Backward Classes and minorities, consistent with the RJD's long-standing social justice plank. In a notable move, Bhojpuri singer and actor Khesari Lal Yadav has been fielded from ...Read More >