Pawan Singh will not withdraw his nomination from the Karakat Lok Sabha seat.
Patna May 15: Bhojpuri Power Star Pawan Singh said that he will not withdraw his candidature from the Karakat Lok Sabha seat at any cost on Wednesday.
The statement of Pawan Singh came after Prem Kumar, a senior leader of BJP and minister in the Nitish Kumar government said that he should withdraw his nomination or party will take action against him.
Expressing ignorance on the statement of Prem Kumar, Pawan Singh, while interacting with the media persons in Karakat said: “I am an artist and not a criminal that BJP will take action against me. This is India and everyone here has the right to live a free life as per their own wish. On the path I have set out on, there is no question of looking back now. No matter what anyone says, Pawan Singh will contest elections from Karakat at any cost.”
“I will not withdraw my nomination. If you have moved forward then you have progressed. Now, there is no point to return from here,” he said.
Pawan Singh also uploaded a post on his official X handle and said his nomination paper was accepted by the election commission after scrutiny on Wednesday.
The Bhojpuri star is contesting as an independent candidate Karakat parliamentary constituency. His mother Pratima Singh has also filed a nomination for the same seat. Pratima Singh has secretly filed her nomination as an independent candidate in the Collectorate of Sasaram on Tuesday.
When asked about why your mother Pratima Singh filed the nomination, Pawan Singh said: “Should I tell you what is the reason? You guys can’t guess? Every person wants to proceed thoughtfully in his life, whether it is us or you. The mother’s nomination is just part of a strategy.”
“I will contest the Lok Sabha election from Karakat parliamentary constituency and will win because the people of Karakat have made up their mind to make their son Pawan win,” he said.
The presence of Pawan Singh has made the contest triangular in the Karakat Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. Upendra Kushwaha is contesting here on the Karakat Seat as a NDA candidate while Rajaram Singh Kushwaha is contesting on the ticket of CPI-ML as a Grand Alliance candidate.
BJP had made Pawan Singh its candidate from Asansol but he returned the ticket. After this Pawan Singh reached Karakat to beat the tune.
Pawan Singh filed the nomination on May 9 and the last date of withdrawal of names is May 16. The polling will be held in the Karakat Lok Sabha constituency in the 7th phase on June 1.
EOM.