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Bhojpuri singer-actor Pawan Singh mentioned he’ll contest Lok Sabha polls from Karakat in his residence state of Bihar. (File picture)
The Bhojpuri singer was named the social gathering candidate from Asansol however he withdrew from the competition
Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh, who had turned down a BJP ticket for Asansol in West Bengal, on Wednesday mentioned he’ll contest Lok Sabha polls from Karakat in his residence state of Bihar. Singh made the announcement on X however didn’t disclose whether or not he could be contesting as an Impartial or because the candidate of a political social gathering.
“One’s mom carries larger weight than this earth. I had promised my mom that I’d contest elections this time. I’ll stand from Karakat, Bihar, within the Lok Sabha polls. Jai Mata Di,” Singh wrote in Hindi. Notably, the announcement comes on a day the BJP has declared SS Ahluwalia, its sitting MP from Bardhaman-Durgapur, because the candidate from Asansol, the place actor turned politician Shatrughan Sinha is looking for re-election on a Trinamool Congress ticket.
Singh, who hails from Bhojpur district in Bihar, and was mentioned to be eyeing the Arrah seat the place Union minister RK Singh is looking for re-election for a 3rd consecutive time period. The Bhojpuri singer was named the social gathering candidate from Asansol however he withdrew from the competition following a backlash over a few of his songs with misogynistic lyrics that additionally denigrated the Bengali group.
Karakat goes to polls within the seventh part of Lok Sabha elections and submitting of nomination papers will start in a couple of month from now.
The Bhojpuri singer, by getting into the fray, would queer the pitch for former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha, an ex-MP from Karakat whose Rashtriya Lok Morcha has been assigned the seat by the NDA.
Kushwaha’s principal problem is more likely to come from far-Left CPI(ML) Liberation, which can contest the seat on behalf of INDIA bloc, and has fielded veteran peasant chief and former MLA Raja Ram Singh. Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM has additionally mentioned that it’s going to contest the central Bihar seat.
