The Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expelled Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh on Wednesday for contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent candidate against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s official nominee from the Karakat constituency. Despite earlier speculation about his BJP membership, party sources had remained silent on the issue.
Pawan Singh, who transitioned from singing to politics, reportedly sought a ticket from the Rashtriya Janata Dal before deciding to run independently. In a post on X, Singh expressed his commitment to development, stating, “There will only be development. There won’t be any noise. We will give a new dawn to Karakat.”
Upendra Kushwaha, head of the Rashtriya Lok Morcha and a former Union minister, is the NDA candidate for the south Bihar seat. Singh opted to contest from Karakat after declining a BJP ticket from Asansol in West Bengal. The deadline for withdrawing nominations for the Karakat seat, which goes to polls on June 1, was May 17.
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