Bhojpuri Star Pawan Singh Suspended by BJP for Independent Candidacy

Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh has been suspended from the BJP for contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Karakat as an independent candidate. The Bihar BJP unit took this decision after Singh declined a BJP ticket for Asansol, West Bengal. Elections for the Karakat seat are slated for June 1.

The Bihar unit of BJP on Wednesday suspended Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh from the party for contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Karakat seat as an independent candidate. Former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha, who heads the Rashtriya Lok Morcha, is the NDA nominee from the south Bihar seat. Singh threw his hat in the ring in the Karakat constituency after turning down a BJP ticket from Asansol in West Bengal.

“Pawan Singh has been suspended with immediate effect from the BJP for contesting as an independent candidate from the Karakat Lok Sabha seat in Bihar against the party’s decision. This act is considered anti-party. The decision to suspend Singh has been taken by Bihar BJP president Samrat Chaudhary,” the party said in a statement.

Elections to the Karakat seat will be held on June 1.