Bhojpuri singer and actor Pawan Singh, who had earlier refused to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Asansol seat in West Bengal offered by the BJP, on Thursday filed his nomination papers as an Independent candidate from Karakat seat in Bihar.
With the official entry of Mr. Singh in the election, the contest in the seat in Rohtas district has turned into a triangular contest as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has fielded former Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) leader Upendra Kushwaha and the Grand Alliance has fielded Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) candidate Rajaram Singh.
He submitted the nomination at the district headquarters collectorate in Sasaram to Returning Officer and District Magistrate of Rohtas District, Naveen Kumar. The Rohtas district administration sweated it out as they had to control a large crowd of thousands of people gathered there to catch a glimpse of the celebrity.
