Pawan Singh to contest Lok Sabha elections from Bihar's Karakat

Bhojpuri singer-actor Pawan Singh on Wednesday announced that he will be contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from Bihar's Karakat.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), he wrote, "“Mata Gurutara Bhumeru” means mother is heavier than this land and I had promised my mother that I will contest the elections this time. I have decided that I will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Karakat, Bihar. Hail mother Goddess."

Although the BJP had initially announced Singh as its candidate from Asansol.


Earlier today, the party announced the nomination of former Union minister SS Ahluwalia from the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal. Ahluwalia would take on TMC's heavyweight candidate and the party's star face, Shatrughan Sinha, in Asansol, an industrial hub encapsulating the state's coal belt.

The seat remained unrepresented from the party till now following Singh's refusal to contest from the constituency.

The BJP had previously replaced Ahluwalia, the party's sitting MP from the Burdwan-Durgapur seat, with former state president Dilip Ghosh as candidate for the constituency.

Ghosh was, in turn, moved from his erstwhile winning seat Medinipur to fight for his prospects in Ahluwalia's turf.