Folk singer Maithili Thakur joins BJP ahead of Bihar election

Folk singer Maithili Thakur joined the ruling BJP in Bihar on Monday ahead of the assembly election.

She joined the party in the presence of state BJP president Dilip Jaiswal in Patna.

“Whatever party assigns me the job, I will do it,” she said after joining BJP.

Thakur, 25, had earlier expressed her willingness to contest the assembly election after meeting senior BJP leaders.

She was awarded the prestigious ‘Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar’ of Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) in 2021.

Born in Benipatti in Madhubani district, Maithili, along with her brothers Rishav and Ayachi, has performed at numerous national and international events and literature festivals following the viral success of their social media videos. She has sung several folk songs in Maithili and Bhojpuri.

Elections will be held in the state in two phases, on November 6 and 11. The votes will be counted on November 14.