Bihar Election News: RJD's Khesari Yadav & BJP's Maithili Thakur, Superstars In The Electoral Fray

This special report focuses on the trend of political parties fielding celebrity singers in Bihar's elections. The bulletin covers Bhojpuri superstar Khesari Lal Yadav's campaign as a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate in the Saran constituency, a region politically significant for the party and currently represented by BJP's Rajiv Pratap Rudi. It also highlights the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) promotion of Maithili singer Maithili Thakur in the Darbhanga region, particularly in the Alinagar constituency, which was formerly an RJD stronghold represented by Abdul Bari Siddiqui. A journalist in the bulletin recounts an interaction with Khesari Lal Yadav, quoting him as saying, 'I should have told you earlier that you were a ladies reporter. We would have honored you.'