The Bharatiya Janata Party has released the second list of 12 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls. The party has fielded renowned folk singer Maithili Thakur from Alinagar.
The saffron party has so far announced names of 83 candidates out of 101seats allotted to the party.
According to the released list, the party has named folk singer Maithili Thakur from Alinagar, Dharbanga constituency while former IPS officer Anand Mishra has been fielded from Buxar constituency.
BJP releases second list of 12 candidates for #BiharElections2025
Singer Maithili Thakur fielded from the Alinagar seat. Former IPS officer Anand Mishra from the Buxar seat pic.twitter.com/XuJCtEGjpA---Advertisement---— ANI (@ANI) October 15, 2025
The other candidates, who have been fielded, are- Ram Chandra Prasad has been fielded from Hayaghat, Ranjan Kumar from Muzaffarpur, Subhash Singh from Gopalganj, Kedar Nath Singh from Baniapur, Chhoti Kumari from Chapra, Vinay Kumar Singh from Sonepur, Birendra Kumar from Rosera, Siyaram Singh from Barh, Mahesh Paswan from Agiaon and Rakesh Ojha from Shahpur.
The party had already declared its candidate in the other 71 seats on Tuesday.
In the first released on Tuesday, Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha have been named as candidates from Tarapur and Lakhisarai constituencies, respectively.
The party has also fielded former Deputy CMs Renu Devi and Tarkishore Prasad from Bettiah and Katihar seats, respectively. The party has also fielded former Union Minister and BJP leader Ramkripal Yadav, once a close confidant of RJD supremo Lalu Yadav from the Danapur assembly seat.
However, Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav was unable to secure a ticket from Patna Sahib; instead, the party has fielded Ratnesh Kushwaha from the seat.
BJP has also cut the ticket of Arun Kumar Sinha, who has been MLA for 15 years from the Kumrahar assembly. Sanjay Gupta has been fielded as a candidate for the seat.
