00:00pictures that are coming in on our screen right now that's Maithali Thakur a very popular face
00:06in Bihar she's been a youtuber she's a folk singer she got the influencer of the year award
00:12here in the center by the prime minister as well and is obviously now being fielded by the BJP
00:17now that entire press conference is unfolding Rohit can you talk to us a little bit about what's
00:24happening a lot of times we see celebrities jump into into the fore but she's got the Thakur card
00:31she's very famous as well tell us a little bit about the constituency that she's fighting from
00:36well see Maithali Thakur is not only a youtuber but a famous folk singer also and known very well in
00:47India and also internationally and a few days back she had met in Vinod Tavade and Nityanand Rai and
00:57the pictures of this meeting went viral which in fact triggered speculation that was Maithali Thakur
01:04even contemplating jumping into politics and will she be contesting the local Bihar assembly election
01:10and soon in fact a few days later Maithali Thakur in fact confirmed to India today
01:16that's yet that she was keen on fighting elections if she was given a ticket she would love to fight
01:22elections on a BJP ticket and today it's official that she is now taking the whole plunge she is
01:29joining politics she is being she's joining BJP as I speak right now she is at the BJP state
01:35headquarters in Patna and she is joining the party and what yes yes yes very very much she will be
01:43contesting from Ali Nagar assembly constituency in Darbhanga district of Bihar that is what our
01:50sources are telling us that Maithali Thakur is not just joining BJP but she will be contesting elections
01:56and very importantly just two months back she has reached she has completed 25 years of age which is
02:02that minimum requirement for becoming a MLA so after that you you can see it's a coincidence of what but
02:09now that she is 25 years old and she is taking a poll plan she is joining politics she is joining the BJP
02:15and they are all set to fight elections from Ali Nagar's seat right tell us a little bit more about Ali Nagar Rohit she has like we say all the ingredients she is popular she is somebody who is a people magnet her rallies will clearly need no more star power she is the star pretty much herself she has the Thakur name as well
02:40why Ali Nagar then and who is she largely going to contest against
02:45well see BJP is banking on the star power that's very very simple and when you have a powerful star like a you can say a Pawan Singh or a Maithali Thakur then the cast combination of a particular assembly does not become very important because that celebrity in herself or himself or himself is not very important because that celebrity in her
03:09herself or himself is so big that she catches everyone's attention and she garners votes of also across the section of the society so Maithali Thakur in fact is a big name in Bihar and she is known nationally internationally also for her folk songs the Bhujpuri songs that she sings and that is why the BJP is now banking on her and perhaps what I believe that she is the only celebrity right now
03:36in Bihar who has taken the pole plunge and she will be contesting from Ali Nagar seat and the BJP would be hoping that she wins from Ali Nagar seat which is a seat in the Darbhanga district of Bihar
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