BJP released the second list of 12 candidates for the Bihar polls, including Maithili Thakur and Anand Mishra.
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Patna, October 15, 2025: The BJP on Wednesday released its second list of 12 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections 2025, featuring prominent names such as folk singer Maithili Thakur and Retired IPS officer Anand Mishra.
Ending days of speculation, the saffron party has fielded Maithili Thakur from Alinagar and Anand Mishra from Buxar.
Maithili Thakur joined the BJP on Tuesday:
Thakur, who joined the party on Tuesday evening after the release of the first list, had long been rumoured to receive a ticket, with party leaders referring to her as Bihar’s daughter.
Anand Mishra, a 2011 batch IPS officer known for his popular appeal, had previously been associated with the BJP but left the party after being denied a ticket from Buxar during the Lok Sabha elections. He later joined the Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraj Party but returned to the BJP recently, anticipating a ticket for the assembly polls.
The second list also has 10 more candidates:
Apart from Maithili Thakur and Anand Mishra, the party’s second list includes Ramchandra Prasad from Hayaghat, Ranjan Kumar from Muzaffarpur, Subhash Singh from Gopalganj, Kedar Nath Singh from Baniapur, Choti Kumari from Chhapra, Vinay Kumar Singh from Sonpur, Virendra Kumar from Rosera, Siyaram Singh from Barh, Mahesh Paswan from Agiaon, and Rakesh Ojha from Shahpur.
With this, the party has announced 83 candidates out of the 101 seats.
The party’s first list, released on October 14, featured 71 candidates, including both Deputy Chief Ministers, 12 ministers, 48 sitting MLAs, 9 women and 12 new faces.
The remaining 18 candidates are expected to be announced soon in the BJP’s third and final list.
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