Bihar Assembly Election 2025: In Bihar’s politics these days, political agitation is fast. Before the assembly elections, the churning continues for seat sharing. Both NDA and Grand Alliance are engaged in their respective strategy. At this time, the biggest challenge of NDA is about the areas where it had to face a crushing defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The area of Shahabad is the most important in this. Particularly, Karakat seat, where Bhojpuri’s Power Star, a superstar and singer Pawan Singh, got into the electoral field and gave a big blow. However, the BJP is now trying to control damage.
The BJP is now engaged in helping Pawan Singh. On Monday night, the party’s Bihar in -charge Vinod Tawde and National Secretary Rituraj Sinha met Upendra Kushwaha. This meeting is not just being formally seen. Today, on 30 September 2025 i.e. Tuesday, Pawan Singh came to meet Upendra Kushwaha. During this time, BJP leader Vinod Tawde now announced that Pawan Singh was in BJP and will remain in BJP.
The Bharatiya Janata Party fielded a candidate from Asanasol in the Lok Sabha elections. However, he wanted to contest from Karakat seat. Later Pawan Singh announced to leave the BJP and fight Independents. NDA candidate Upendra Kushwaha was defeated by Pawan Singh’s rebellion. The BJP later showed Pawan Singh a way out of the party. Now the question is arising that why Pawan Singh is necessary for NDA?
According to political analysts, it is not easy for any party to ignore a well-known face like Pawan Singh in Bihar politics. His popularity is not only among the Bhojpuri -speaking voters, but also in rural and urban areas, he has a strong impact. NDA’s associate Upendra Kushwaha was a candidate from Karakat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. But Pawan Singh rebelled and contested the election. As a result, Kushwaha reached number three and NDA had to face defeat. The equations of Shahabad deteriorated in this election. The tension between the Kushwaha society and the Rajput society made this defeat more serious. This is the reason that this time BJP and NDA are paying special attention to this region.
Pawan Singh is also necessary for caste vote bank
Karakat Lok Sabha constituency is very important in the politics of Shahabad. This region has always revolved around ethnic equations. In the 2020 assembly elections, NDA got only 2 seats in 22 seats in Shahabad region. It is believed that due to the rebellion of Pawan Singh, the BJP suffered heavy losses in Ara, Karakat, Aurangabad and Buxar seats in the Lok Sabha elections. These days, RK Singh, the big face of BJP in Bihar, has also appeared against the BJP many times, in such a situation, NDA needs a strong face to keep its traditional Rajput vote together. And …. it can be fulfilled by coming with Pawan Singh.
According to the information, Pawan Singh has been promised two assembly seats and Rajya Sabha in Kushwaha’s party. Pawan Singh’s famous Bhojpuri -speaking, rural and urban voters are similar, so it is very difficult to ignore him. In the 22 seats in Shahabad region, NDA suffered a major loss in the 2020 assembly elections. If Pawan Singh and Kushwaha come together, the Rajput-Kushwaha equation can harm the grand alliance. After worshiping rebel Anand Mishra in Buxar, the BJP is now trying to come to his court in Karakat.
If Kushwaha and Pawan Singh come together, will a new equation be formed?
In the last Lok Sabha election, Lalu Yadav tried to make Yadav, Muslim and Kushwaha equation by giving tickets to Kushwaha candidates and the India alliance also got a big benefit. If the Rajput vote bank comes towards the NDA with Pawan Singh and Upendra Kushwaha can weaken the equation of the Grand Alliance.
After Anand Mishra, why now Pawan Singh is on target…?
NDA’s performance from the last several assembly elections has not been very good in this area. In the last Lok Sabha election, NDA was defeated in all 4 seats. NDA candidates lost the election in Ara, Buxar, Sasaram and Karakat. The BJP included Anand Mishra as a rebel candidate in Buxar, now if Pawan Singh returns, it is certain that NDA can get a big benefit in the election.